MEENIYAN HOTEL-MOTEL
113-129 WHITELAW STREET, MEENIYAN, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
Meeniyan Commercial
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Statement of Significance
There are wings at the rear of the building that feature parapet walls and original window designs, as well as a skillion roof sloping down to a central court. The interior retains its Arts and Crafts style staircase.
Non-original alterations and additions are not significant.
Aesthetically, the Meeniyan Hotel is an Interwar building with simplistic stylings but makes a significant contribution to the Meeniyan streetscape, making it a local landmark. Additionally, the Meeniyan Hotel is a commercial example of the work of TE Molloy, who designed a number of locally significant building in the South Gippsland Shire including: The Memorial Hall and Shire Office in Leongatha, and the Public Halls in Mirboo and Fish Creek. (Criterion E)
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MEENIYAN HOTEL-MOTEL - Physical Description 1
The Meeniyan Hotel at 119-23 Whitelaw Street, Meeniyan is a basic two storey gabled brick structure finished in roughcast stucco with rendered window architraves and string courses and a stepped cornice at the first floor level. It has a 45 degree splayed corner and a gabled projecting portico supported on brick and roughcast piers. The fenestration at the upper level is of single double hung windows with a wide segmentally arched opening. (which is indicated on the original plans as a porch with a juliet balcony over the central portico.) The wider lower level windows and corner door identify the public bar, while the lounge and residential section are accessed by a wide recessed entry below the canopy.
The added rear wings have parapet walls and fenestration reflecting the original. Their skillion roofs slope down to a central courtyard. The interiors are much altered, but the arts and crafts style staircase remains.
The postwar motel comprises three cream brick blocks with skillion roofs arranged in a U shape around a central courtyard containing a pool. A concrete base in the courtyard is all that remains of an original c.1960 sign, which is remembered by the painted sign on the wall on the Hotel.Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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