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Golden Gate Hotel (former)
55 Wattle Street, BENDIGO VIC 3550 - Property No 178747
Rowan Street Precinct

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Golden Gate Hotel, High Street
Golden Gate Hotel, High Street
Golden Gate Hotel, High Street
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Statement of Significance

Architecturally, its reconstructed verandah and cement detailing are notable, unusual and clearly identifiable with Bendigo. It is a prominent corner site, aiding in setting the context for the adjacent notable residential precinct.

Historically, it is linked with the locally important Cohn brewing family and has performed a long-term role as a meeting place in the community.

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    • Physical Description 1

      Golden Gate Hotel (former) - Physical Description 1

      A 1925 plan shows the hotel plan outline much as it is today, with the adjoining shop to the east. A more detailed plan of 30 years later shows an hotel subdivision which may have been earlier than the c1906 date, but the main changes were the removal of the shop front, the conversion of these rooms to bedrooms and building of service areas in the former light well.[1] Some of this 'passageway' was removed in 1968.[2]

      Essentially a traditional parapeted corner hotel form, the Golden Gate's reconstructed verandah immediately distinguishes it as sited in Bendigo and of the late Victorian/Edwardian eras. Fretted detail in the timber verandah arch and a beaded frieze elsewhere are both typical of the Edwardian era, in concept, and of Beebe's work, in detail. Additional to this are the ornate details over openings, the pointed arch in the parapet entablature and the orbs atop each parapet piers.

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      Reference

      [1] BSA DRP1424

      [2] ibid.

      Integrity

      Golden Gate Hotel (former) - Integrity

      External - Shopfronts have been removed from the eastern wing, bricks painted; a window blocked and unrelated signs added. The verandah has been rebuilt, using a photograph as evidence.[1]

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      Reference

      [1] Butcher-draft p.42., pers. com. A. Ward

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study

      Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
      Year: 1993
      Grading: C

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