Commercial Hotel
301 High Street NORTHCOTE, Darebin City
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Statement of Significance
Although it has little architectural importance, the Commercial Hotel gains historical importance as a vehicle for many public gatherings and meetings, one of which led to the birth of the Labor Party in Victoria. It is also an old hotel site in the city, dating back to the street's role as a dray track to the Plenty.
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Commercial Hotel - Physical Description 1
The Commercial Hotel is a two-level, stuccoed brick building, patterned on the Italian Renaissance palazzo manner and built to a traditional splayed-corner plan. A simple cornice and string-mould divide the storeys and the upper fenestration has keystoned segmented-arches and bracketed sills. A cast-iron balconette decorates the corner window. This same fenestration originally existed at ground level, forming windows and doors, linked by an impost mould. Today this simple design has been completely altered at ground level, although the basic form and the upper level has survived. A deep bluestone plinth down the side elevation has been painted.
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading:
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FORMER LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGEDVictorian Heritage Register H1950
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TERRACE HOUSESVictorian Heritage Register H1774
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FORMER NORTHCOTE THEATREVictorian Heritage Register H2287
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