"Vectis"(Former George and Dragon Hotel)
310 Moorabool Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 216497
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Statement of Significance
A listed - State Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The former George and Dragon Hotel was erected in 1855 to designs by little known Geelong architect Thomas R Yablsley. The two storey Colonial Georgian Style hotel was built of regular coursed squared basalt with fine axed dressings on a prominent corner sire for the original licensee Mr Hardy. The hotel building is one of only two known works of TR Yabsley (a skilled practitioner who also was responsible for 'Barwon Bank' homestead at Marnock Vale) and is a fine example for hotel architecture of the 1850's in Geelong. The hotel building later became the Geelong Grammar school preparatory school.
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Geelong Regional Commission Register.
Historic Buildings Council Register.
Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate.
REFERENCES
Geelong Advertiser - 24 April, 1855, tender notice for proposed hotel on the corner of Moorabool and Maude Streets for Mr Hardy, called by Mr Thomas R Yabsley, architect.
Huddle, Lorraine - 'Architects in Geelong in the 1840's and 1850's, Humanities Research report, department of Architecture, University of Melbourne, 1979
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study Volume 2
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
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FORMER GEELONG WOOL EXCHANGEVictorian Heritage Register H0622
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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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ANZ BANKVictorian Heritage Register H0191
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