Coogee Hotel (fmr)

Author

City of Cockburn

Place Number

24481

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Location

358 Cockburn Rd Coogee

Location Details

Local Government

Cockburn

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	14 Jul 2011

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	15 Apr 1997	Category A	Category A Exceptional significance Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example. The place should be retained and conserved unless there is no feasible and prudent alternative to doing otherwise. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place and in accordance with a Conservation Plan (if one exists for the place).

Statement of Significance

Coogee Hotel (fmr) is a rare example of a single-storey purpose built ‘honeymoon’ hotel, surviving in close to the city locations and is a surviving component of a precinct which was a destination for visitors and holiday makers for the first two decades of the 20th century
Coogee Hotel (fmr) has significance as an Anglican children’s holiday camp from 1930 until the middle of World War II, after which it became a permanent children’s home from the end of World War II until 1967.
Coogee Hotel (fmr) is a landmark on the coastal road between Fremantle and Rockingham.

Physical Description

Coogee Hotel (fmr) is a single-storey building of substantial limestone construction. It is set close to Cockburn Road on a cleared block of land. It is made from coursed limestone blocks with brick quoins. It features decorative stucco moulded arches on the front doors and windows. The roof is corrugated iron with a bull-nosed verandah shading three sides, supported by timber posts with ornamental capitals and timber corner brackets. The brick chimneys have moulded stucco tops.
Recent adaptive works have added a sympathetic wing to the north of the building.

History

Coogee Hotel (fmr), one of the first hotels in the area, was built by Walter Powell in 1898. Powell was a trustee for the Coogee Agricultural Society and a member of the Fremantle District Roads Board from 1887-1900. Powell is said to have modelled the hotel on places he had seen along the French Riviera.
It became a popular ‘watering hole’ visited by people after the long trip to Fremantle Markets. It was later patronised by customers who came by train. The hotel was the first stop from Fremantle for the stage coach on its way to Mandurah. The location of the hotel and its garden setting made it attractive to newlyweds and it became known as ‘the Honeymoon Hotel of WA’. It was well attended on Race Days as the Race Course was built next door. Powell encouraged attendance by offering substantial purses, the most prestigious being the Coogee Cup.
When de-licensed (1930s) it remained vacant until 1942 when occupied by the Swan Anglican Children’s Home. It was again vacated when the home closed in 1967. In the 1970s it was home to the Coogee Progress Association.
Coogee Hotel (fmr) has been recently renovated.

Integrity/Authenticity

INTEGRITY: The integrity of the exterior of Coogee Hotel (fmr) is moderate due to recent adaptive works. The integrity of the interior of the original section of the Hotel is low due to recent adaptive works.
AUTHENTICITY: The level of authenticity of the external fabric of the Hotel is moderate to high.

Condition

The place has been recently renovated and is in good condition.

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	HCWA assessment for Coogee Hotel and Post Office	State Heritage Office
	M Berson; "The Making of a Community".	City of Cockburn	1978

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Hotel, Tavern or Inn

Creation Date

14 May 2012

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

28 Nov 2017

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