PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL

149 DOUGLAS PARADE WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY

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Victorian Heritage Register

PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL SOHE 2008

Statement of Significance

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  • History

    PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL - History

    Contextual History:
    The 1890s depression meant that few hotels were built in the period 1892-1906. However a radical new style emerged in the following decades: the Federation Free Style, exemplified in the work of Sydney Smith and Ogg for the Carlton & United breweries. This style used red brick, render detailing evocative of Elizabethan strap-work, corner towers rising from oriel windows topped with ogee or conical roofs, and broad eaves rather than parapets. Other features used include small paned fixed sashes, curved architraves about entrances and dados of glazed terracotta tiles. Large bar windows became more acceptable. Robert Haddon, the notable architect and educator, worked with Sydney Smith and Ogg in 1912 as a design consultant. (Raworth & Gray 1992, p.88)
    
    History of Place:
    The present Prince Albert Hotel, designed by Sydney Smith and Ogg for the Carlton Brewery Company was built in 1915-16 to replace an earlier timber structure. The licensee for the original Prince Albert Hotel was Agnes Fitzpatrick who continued in this role after the brewery company took over the hotel. She eventually bought the property and remained there until her death in the 1960s. (Butler 1993, p.58)

    Assessment Against Criteria

    PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL - Assessment Against Criteria

    Criterion A
    The historical importance, association with or relationship to Victoria's history of the place or object.
    The Prince Albert Hotel has historical associations with the architects Sydney Smith and Ogg and with notable architect and educator Robert Haddon, who worked as design consultant to Sydney Smith and Ogg in 1912. It is similar to a country hotel illustrated in Haddon's Australian Architecture called "A hotel upon a corner site" which has a corner bar entry surmounted by an oriel tower.
    

    Criterion B
    The importance of a place or object in demonstrating rarity or uniqueness.
    

    Criterion C
    The place or object's potential to educate, illustrate or provide further scientific investigation in relation to Victoria's cultural heritage.
    

    Criterion D
    The importance of a place or object in exhibiting the principal characteristics or the representative nature of a place or object as part of a class or type of places or objects.
    

    Criterion E
    The importance of the place or object in exhibiting good design or aesthetic characteristics and/or in exhibiting a richness, diversity or unusual integration of features.
    Prince Albert Hotel is a highly original and distinctive example of a late Federation corner hotel. The corner treatment with its pair of roofed oriel windows flanking a covered balcony is unusual and gives the building a medieval flavour. The hotel is a highly externally intact example of a Federation hotel.
    

    Criterion F
    The importance of the place or object in demonstrating or being associated with scientific or technical innovations or achievements.
    

    Criterion G
    The importance of the place or object in demonstrating social or cultural associations.
    

    Criterion H
    Any other matter which the Council considers relevant to the determination of cultural heritage significance

    Permit Exemptions

    PRINCE ALBERT 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.

    Specific Exemptions:

    General Conditions:
    1. All exempted alterations are to be planned and carried out in a manner which prevents damage to the fabric of the registered place or object.
    2. Should it become apparent during further inspection or the carrying out of alterations that original or previously hidden or inaccessible details of the place or object are revealed which relate to the significance of the place or object, then the exemption covering such alteration shall cease and the Executive Director shall be notified as soon as possible.
    3. If there is a conservation policy and plan approved by the Executive Director, all works shall be in accordance with it.
    4. Nothing in this declaration prevents the Executive Director from amending or rescinding all or any of the permit exemptions.
    5. Nothing in this declaration exempts owners or their agents from the responsibility to seek relevant planning or building permits from the responsible authority where applicable.
    
    Exterior
    * Minor repairs and maintenance which replace like with like.
    * Removal of extraneous items such as air conditioners, pipe work, ducting, wiring, signage, antennae, aerials etc, and making good.
    * Installation or repair of damp-proofing by either injection method or grouted pocket method.
    * Painting of previously painted surfaces provided that preparation or painting does not remove evidence of the original paint or other decorative scheme.
    
    Interior
    * All interior alterations, excluding works to the pressed metal ceilings and alterations to the staircase, provided such work has no effect on the exterior of the building.

    Permit Exemption Policy

    PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL - Permit Exemption Policy

    The purpose of the permit exemptions is to allow works that do not impact on the significance of the place to occur without the need for a permit. The exterior of the building is an integral element of the significance of the place. Alterations which impact on the significance of the exterior should be subject to permit applications. The interior of the hotel has been extensively altered although some original features are retained, including pressed metal ceilings and staircase. Alterations to the interior of the hotel, excluding works to the pressed metal ceilings and staircase, are permit exempt, providing they do not impact on the significance of the exterior.
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