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Hexham Hotel
Hamilton Highway,, HEXHAM VIC 3273 - Property No B2214
Hexham Hotel
Hamilton Highway,, HEXHAM VIC 3273 - Property No B2214
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B2214 Hexham Hotel
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Statement of Significance
The Hexham Hotel was erected c. 1863 on a site near the Hopkins River crossing place for innkeeper B W Doyle, replacing an earlier structure known as the Woolshed Inn. The two storey hotel is built of squared coursed bluestone rubble with a slate roof and originally contained 9 bedrooms, sitting rooms, ballroom, bar and parlour, detached kitchen and commodious stables used as a Cobb & Co changing station.
The Hexham Hotel is located at an important Western District road junction and one of a network of functional inn buildings built in the mid nineteenth century at strategic river crossing places. The hotel, which was long used as a Cobb and Co station, is an extremely utilitarian building, without stylistic reference, and an interesting example of Victorian vernacular. Other inn buildings on the Geelong-Port Fairy road at Darlington and Inverleigh further illustrate this vernacular tradition.
The Hexham Hotel has been internally remodelled to meet current licensing law requirements. The exterior stone jointing has been inappropriately tuckpointed and the fenestration altered. The porch is a later addition.
Classified: 27/10/1968.
The Hexham Hotel is located at an important Western District road junction and one of a network of functional inn buildings built in the mid nineteenth century at strategic river crossing places. The hotel, which was long used as a Cobb and Co station, is an extremely utilitarian building, without stylistic reference, and an interesting example of Victorian vernacular. Other inn buildings on the Geelong-Port Fairy road at Darlington and Inverleigh further illustrate this vernacular tradition.
The Hexham Hotel has been internally remodelled to meet current licensing law requirements. The exterior stone jointing has been inappropriately tuckpointed and the fenestration altered. The porch is a later addition.
Classified: 27/10/1968.
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FORMER TEMPERANCE HALL
Victorian Heritage Register H2145 -
Old Hotel & Stables
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Former Post Office
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