This place is included on the Victorian Heritage Inventory, for its potential to contain historical archaeological remains associated with the settlement and growth of early Melbourne. Under the terms of the Heritage Act 2017 there is protection for all historical archaeology sites and objects in the state.
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GREAT WESTERN HOTEL - Heritage Inventory Description
Building on King St frontage 1866. 1880 Panorama - 2 storey building with outbuilding at rear.1888 - 2 & 1 storey building(s), J O'Brien "Star of the West" hotel.1905 - 2 & 1 storey building(s), "Great Western Hotel"Heritage Inventory Significance: /n Architectural importance: subsequent to the extensive alterations in the 1940s, the hotel now possesses little of its former classical order. The upper floor retains the expression of the shop and hotel, separately expressed via the fenestration but the lower floor retains no such remnants from its previous era. The pilasters now appear out of place and the recently imposed dado presents a foreign horizontal element half way up the ground floor storey height. The superposition of the corner motif, on the parapet, is a ludicrous gesture and, though it is easily removed, its existence accentuates the total abuse already suffered by the rest of the facade. The building is of little architectural or, for that matter historical importance.Archeological Potential: Extant bldg Fabric,Site