Residence (former Family Hotel)
40 Newcombe Street, PORTARLINGTON VIC 3223 - Property No 256641
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The former Family Hotel dating from c1855 is a large complex of buildings of different styles. Integrity of the place is fair.
It is of social and historic significance to the local Portarlington community and tourists to the Bellarine Peninsula.
The Family Hotel is located on a prominent site in Newcombe Street and has strong association with Portarlington. The front section was built in the 1850's and was known as Calhoun's Family Hotel. John Calhoun, the licensee, was actively involved in business and community affairs. After Calhoun surrender the license in 1886, the Family Hotel was associated with the Miller family until the First World War and continued to be important in providing accommodation for summer visitors as well as being a significant social centre for the local community. It ceased operation as a hotel in the late 1930s and the building has since had a number of uses
It is of LOCAL cultural significance.
References
Geelong Advertiser - 7/8/1887, 15/7/1878, 26/7/1866, 11/9/1871, 18/12/1878, 26/8/1892.
Geelong Independent - 7/8/1987
Sands McDougall directory - 1907,1922
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Residence (former Family Hotel) - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
This prominent site is a complex of buildings, in early Victorian Georgian and Victorian Gothic styles, on the corner of Newcombe Street and Harding Street. Parts of Calhouns Hotel are reputed to have been built in c1855 and to have been in operation c1857.
The double-storey section, to the south west of the site, has a simple rectangular form, with a medium pitch gabled roof, clad in corrugated iron, and parapet gable ends on the east and west. It has exposed polychrome brickwork, with cream coloured brick quoinings around the multi-paned glass windows, and a plain brick chimney.
The section to the north east corner, fronting Newcomb Street, has two projecting gables with plain timber bargeboards and large finials on the gable ends. The central gable roof has a chimney, and extends p the north elevation to a verandah with timber decoration.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Bellarine Heritage Study
Author: Huddle, Howe, Lewis and Francis
Year: 1996
Grading:
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PORTARLINGTON MILLVictorian Heritage Register H0389
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WALLACE AND MCGINRIS BATHING BOXESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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PORTARLINGTON JETTYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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