Royal Hotel, 34-38 King Street, Queenscliff

34-38 King Street QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH

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Royal Hotel, 34-38 King Street, Queenscliff

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  • Physical Description 1

    Royal Hotel, 34-38 King Street, Queenscliff - Physical Description 1

    Like the old Royal Hotel, the present building consists of three bays, the central one being a colonnaded entrance and the two flanking bays being cussed in plan. Between these bays are two levels of open arcaded verandahs, and over the central portico is a viewing tower, with a balcony at its first level. The upper tower has grouped windows and a brackefted cornice, over which is a balustraded parapet. Arched elements occur on the four sides of the parapet which are adorned with stucco anthemions, as is the parapet itself. The facade of the Royal Hotel is near to original, although the ance exposed grey cement render is now painted. It derives its location and first owner from the early history of Queenscliff whilst its architectural vocabulary is based on architecture at the Italian Renaissance. Although common in residential work this style is unusual in hotel buildings, particularly of this construction date, and is significant for this reason.

    Physical Description 2

    Royal Hotel, 34-38 King Street, Queenscliff - Physical Description 2

    An imposing 1881-82 slateroofed stuccoed brick hotel building with central tower and arcaded verandans. One of the most prominent buildings on the main road into the town.

    Positioned on the route of the original telegraph line.

    Extract from the 2009 study

    Note: An internal inspection of the Royal Hotel was not carried out for Stage 1 of the Heritage Study. References to the interior and internal features in the following description derive from the 1984 study.)

    The Royal Hotel is a two-storey, symmetrically composed rendered brick Victorian building, built on the north-west corner of King and Mercer streets. Like the old Royal Hotel (fire damaged in 1881), the present building consists of three bays, the central one being a colonnaded entrance and the two flanking bays. It is possible that part of the earlier building was salvaged and incorporated into the new structure.

    The hotel's King Street elevation has two canted bays at each end with arched double-hung sash windows. In the centre is the main entrance to the hotel, which is flanked by Ionic columns, which support a balcony on the first floor, which in turn has Corinthian columns supporting a balcony of the first stage of the tower. This first stage of the tower has double-hung sash windows and the upper stage has a pair of double-hung arched windows. The top of the tower has a parapet with pressed cement balusters and an arched opening. A flagpole extends from the top of the tower. Between the base of the tower and the end bays are loggias with semi-circular headed arches on the ground floor and segmental arches on the upper levels, which complement the wall openings behind them.

    Lamp standards are extant at the top of the walls of the entrance stairs, but their lamps have been removed. The building has a hipped roof clad in slate tile, with rendered brick chimneys. The Mercer Street elevation is more restrained in character with arched fenestration that is similar to that of the King Street elevation. Two wall openings of the upper level have been filled with concrete block.

    The interior of the Royal Hotel contains many original elements including encaustic tessellated tiles in the entrance, an original timber staircase with moulded timber balusters and timber architraves and skirting boards in many rooms.

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    Royal Hotel, 34-38 King Street, Queenscliff - Intactness

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    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Queenscliffe - Queenscliffe Urban Conservation Study

    Author: Allom Lovell & Associates P/L, Architects
    Year: 1982
    Grading:

    Queenscliffe - Queenscliffe Heritage Study

    Author: Lovell Chen
    Year: 2009
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