FORMER NEWCASTLE CLUB HOTEL

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

21939

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Location

2 South Tce Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898, Constructed from 1906

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	08 Mar 2007

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	18 Sep 2000	Level 1B	Level 1B The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of exceptional cultural heritage significance in its own right within the context of Fremantle and its conservation is required. It is recommended that this place be considered for entry in the Heritage Council of Western Australia's Register of Heritage Places.

Statement of Significance

The place is historically significant as a hotel dating from the gold boom period in Fremantle and still operating for its original purpose. The place is a fine example of a Federation Filigree style building, with elaborate stucco decoration that makes a significant contribution to the streetscape.

Physical Description

Two storey prominent corner hotel adjoining 62 Market Street, has a zero setback from the pavement. The façade is rendered and painted brick, the sides are stone. A zincalume hipped roof has four chimneys with corbelling and is fronted by a parapet. The decorative parapet has a balustrade with 'Newcastle Club Hotel Est. 1897' appearing in the central decorative pediment. The verandahs have a Colorbond bull nosed roof supported by metal posts with cast iron balustrade on the first floor and posts with cast iron fringe on the ground floor (not original). There are stained glass leadlight transom windows above the entrances on the ground floor.

History

Opened in 1897 as the Newcastle Hotel, with Martin Murphy as the hotel keeper, owned by David Connor. Architects Cavanagh and Cavanagh carried out alterations and additions in brick and stone in 1906, including the two storey verandah. Alterations to floor plan in 1946, 1967 and 1971, the latter including covering the courtyard.
The name was changed from the Newcastle Club Hotel to the Newport in c1986 after renovations. Again renovated in 2001/02.
Currently (2013), the Newport Hotel.

Condition

Good

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
Cavanagh and Cavanagh, 1906 alterations	Architect	-	-

Other Keywords

Newport Hotel

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Hotel, Tavern or Inn
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Hotel, Tavern or Inn

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Filigree

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	GLASS	Glass
Wall	BRICK	Painted Brick
Wall	BRICK	Rendered Brick
Roof	METAL	Zincalume
Wall	STONE	Limestone

Creation Date

20 Jul 2011

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

19 Feb 2020

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