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| 209 TO 213 CANNING STREET CARLTON 3053 |
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| Heritage Gradings |
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| Building Grading | Streetscape Level | Laneway Level |
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| B | 2 |
| Conservation Study Details |
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| Precinct | Conservation Mgt Plan |
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| Carlton Heritage Precinct | |
| Conservation Study | Study Date | Status |
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| Carlton Conservation Study - Nigel Lewis and Associates, 1984 | | Adopted |
| Building and History Information |
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| Architectural Style | Early Victorian |
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| Period | 1850-75 - Early Victorian |
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| Architect | |
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| Builder | Not Assessed |
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| First Owner | |
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| Integrity | Excellent |
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| Condition | Not Assessed |
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| Original Building Type | Hotel |
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| History | The United States Hotel is first listed in directories in 1870 and it is assumed that the present external fabric dates from this time. |
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| Description/Notable Features | Notable features include an intact shop front and an elaborate / high standard design of cement rendered surfaces and slate roof. The building is located on an obtuse triangular site formed by the intersection of Neill Street and Canning Street. Because of its angled plan, the building is an uncommon variation of a standard hotel design. The corner entry is splayed, large windows in the corner bar have early shopfronts and stylistically consistent with its date, decoration is kept to a minimum. Elegant window hoods are incorporated on the upper floor openings and the hipped slate roof terminates with a slightly projecting eave thereby avoiding any ornamental parapet. |
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| Statement of Significance | This building is significant as an early local hotel with an unusual obtuse plan form. The facade is very simply conceived and its intactness, including early shop fronts enhances this significance. The building is located in the architecturally significant Neill Street precinct. |
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| Recommended Alterations | |
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| Other Comments | The United States Hotel is another example in the style of the Sir John Young. It has a similar roof form the eaves of which project to form a cornice effect. A shallow flat strip serves to distinguish the 2 storeys. The rectangular windows have deep moulded heads. Moulded brackets support these heads and further brackets support the sills. The openings on the lower storey are devoid of all applied ornament. The usual chamfer, in which is located the main entrance is a feature of this example. N |
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Information is derived from the relevant Conservation Study. To check if the property is subject to statutory heritage protection, refer to the Heritage Overlay (Clause 43.01) of the http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/planningschemes/melbourne/home.html">Melbourne Planning Scheme and the http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/">Victorian Heritage Register. |
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