ROYAL STANDARD HOTEL
39 VICTORIA STREET, and STANLEY STREET, TOORA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
Toora Commercial & Residential
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Statement of Significance
1889 building
- Semi-circular pediment with a small acroterion cap and embossed elements such as 4 stars and the date of establishment, 1889.
- Stop chamfered posts on both floors with original posts on the lower level as they are not continuous to those on upper level
- Arched windows on Stanley Street ground level (later addition)
- Roof without parapet (later addition)
- Larger hip element to roof
- Two shopfronts on ground level
- Ground floor windows closest to splayed corner have been altered. Original windows and doors were arched on both Stanley and Victoria Streets
Aesthetically this hotel is a rare example of an intact early hotel, with other early hotels such as the Commercial Hotel, Leongatha (see LE-BA-002) and the Austral Hotel, Korumburra (see KOR-BR-20) having significant extensions and alterations made. The Royal Standard is a local landmark within Toora as it is on the corner of two main roads, Stanley and Victoria Streets. The building is integral to the historic and aesthetic character of Stanley Street, Victoria Street and the town of Toora. (Criterion E)
Socially, the Royal Standard Hotel would have been a place for connection and community during the early establishment of Toora and continues to be such today. (Criterion G)
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ROYAL STANDARD HOTEL - Physical Description 1
The Royal Standard Hotel at 39-43 Stanley Street, Toora, built in 1889 and extended in 1939, is a two storey brick structure with hipped roofs and a rendered parapet. The 1889 building has a two storey timber verandah, which is extended at the lower level on the Victoria Street frontage. To the north of the verandah section on the Stanley Street frontage is the 1939 extension, which is a larger hip element, without a parapet and with two shopfronts in the ground floor. It is possible that there is an earlier extension between the 1889 and 1939 buildings, roughly that element with the arched windows on the Stanley Street ground floor. This is also identified by a roof of intermediate size and without a parapet.
The rendered parapet is straight with former urn bases above a basic cornice. The splayed corner has a small semi-circular pediment with an inset panel containing four stars, a vermiculated panel and the date 1889. A small acroterion caps the pediment.
The verandah has a straight roof and stop chamfered posts on both floors, possibly with fret or cast iron brackets and neck moulds removed. The upper balustrade is of tapered and drilled timber balusters in Federation style, suggesting a remodelling of the original verandah detail, or the later construction of the whole verandah with the first extension c. 1900. The extension of the lower level of the verandah towards Victoria Street appears integral with the original construction as the posts are set back central to the total span and are not continuous with those on the upper level.
The original wall surfaces have been covered in roughcast render and the ground floor windows closest to the corner have been altered (probably in the 1939 renovation). The arched windows to both the Stanley and Victoria Street facades and the arched doors suggest that this was the original pattern. Early photos should be consulted to confirm the original appearance. The brick dado and quoins to the doors have been added more recently.Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
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