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FORMER UNITED KINGDOM HOTEL
199 QUEENS PARADE CLIFTON HILL, YARRA CITY

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FORMER UNITED KINGDOM HOTEL SOHE 2008
FORMER UNITED KINGDOM HOTEL SOHE 2008
FORMER UNITED KINGDOM HOTEL SOHE 2008
1 former united kingdom hotel queens parade clifton hill front view 1993
former united kingdom hotel queens parade clifton hill detail of front window
former united kingdom hotel queens parade clifton hill view from street level dec1987
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Former United Kingdom Hotel was built in 1937-38, replacing a hotel of the same name that occupied the site. This remarkable two storey brick building has cantilevered concrete balconies with slim metal railings and light cantilevered canopies which accentuate the rounded horizontal mass of the ground and first floors. Manganese, tapestry and cream bricks provide polychrome and textural contrast, and the massive vertical fins rising through the centre of the western facade are striking features.

How is it significant?

The Former United Kingdom Hotel is of architectural and historical significance to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant?

The Former United Kingdom Hotel is of architectural significance as possibly Victoria's most exquisite and intact example of the Jazz Moderne style of architecture designed by one of the most notable proponents of the style, J. H. Wardrop. The building is greatly enhanced by its near-island siting and is externally and internally almost original, with the exception of post-war rear additions. It provides an interesting three-dimensional comparison with Wardrop?s slightly earlier Alkira House in Queen Street, Melbourne.

The Former United Kingdom Hotel is of historical significance as an exemplar of the material culture of the late 1930s and of prevailing social customs. The survival of much of the hotel?s interior provides important evidence of hotel design and usage in the pre-WW2 period.

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    • History

      FORMER UNITED KINGDOM HOTEL - History

      Associated People: Tenant CARLTON & UNITED BREWERIES;

      Permit Exemptions

      FORMER UNITED KINGDOM HOTEL - Permit Exemptions

      General Exemptions:

      General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.

      Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.

      Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.

      Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.

      Find out more about heritage permit exemptions here.

  • Tours involving this place See all tours

    North Fitzroy Walk

    13/09/16

    Old Colonists Homes - Former North Fitzroy Post Office - Former North Fitzroy Electric Railway Substation - Former United Kingdom Hotel - Anz Bank - York House - Fitzroy Cricket Ground Grandstand - Porter Prefabricated Iron Store

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Tours involving this place See all tours

North Fitzroy Walk

13/09/16

Old Colonists Homes - Former North Fitzroy Post Office - Former North Fitzroy Electric Railway Substation - Former United Kingdom Hotel - Anz Bank - York House - Fitzroy Cricket Ground Grandstand - Porter Prefabricated Iron Store

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