Fleece Inn
143 CHARLESTON ROAD, EAST BENDIGO - PROPERTY NUMBER 172181, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
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Statement of Significance
The Fleece Inn is aesthetically significant as a demonstration of the evolution of an early hotel building. Architecturally, the Fleece Inn reflects its 1860s origins through its two story form, verandah, and Victorian sash windows. The major additions undertaken in the 1920s reflect a more representative hotel form, being built to the street line and comprising a parapet with central arched pediment. (Criterion D and E)
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Fleece Inn - Physical Description 1
The Fleece Inn, formerly known as the Golden Fleece Hotel is located at the edge of the city in an area noted for its industrial activities and close to the railway line. The early origins of the Fleece Inn can be recognised in the part of the building with the verandah.
The long frontage addressing Charleston Street comprises two distinct parts that have been constructed at different times from 1862. A two storeyed verandah section of the building set back from the street frontage comprises a rendered masonry ground floor and a painted brick work upper floor. The window size and placement is consistent with a building from the 1860s. A two storey cast iron verandah of recent construction but complementary design completes this part of the facade.
It appears likely that the large extension to the hotel was undertaken in the 1920s under the ownership of the Cohn brothers of the Victoria Brewery. This two storey section doubled the size of the hotel and is constructed to the street frontage. This part of the building is consistent with an early twentieth century addition and has a plain rendered facade with string course, and pedimented parapet bearing the name of the hotel in moulded lettering. The ground floor is painted brick. The windows have tripartite panes and there is a central doorway.
Further extensions to each side of the building have also been undertaken whilst the whole building has been converted to provide student accommodation and no longer operates as a hotel.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1993
Grading: CGreater Bendigo - White Hills & East Bendigo Heritage Study 2016
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2015
Grading: Local
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