Victoria Inn is a heritage-listed former hotel and restaurant at 20–22 Jellore Street, Berrima, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Queen Victoria Inn and Allington. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1][2]
| Victoria Inn | |
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  Location of Victoria Inn in New South Wales | |
| Location | 20–22 Jellore Street, Berrima, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 34°29′21″S 150°20′00″E / 34.4891°S 150.3333°E |
| Official name | Victoria Inn; Queen Victoria Inn |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 2 April 1999 |
| Reference no. | 94 |
| Type | Inn/Tavern |
| Category | Commercial |
History edit
The inn was built by Joseph Levy, an ex-convict turned prominent businessman, and was first licensed in 1840, operating as both an inn and brewery. Philip Solomon was the initial licensee. There is evidence in an early painting that the building once had a verandah.[2][3][4]
It was sold early in 1863, and no record of it operating as an inn in its original incarnation appears thereafter. An 1868 report refers to it in the past-tense, but notes that its stables were still in use by Cobb and Co.[5][6]
It later became a residence known as Allington and became the surgery of Dr. George Lambert in 1876.[7][8]
It operated as "Arlington House" or "Arlington Inn" for a period c. 1960s, but had resumed its original name by the late 1970s.[9][10][11]
The stables and boarding house were later refurbished as a restaurant, operating as the Victoria Inn Restaurant. It hosted Governor-General of Australia Zelman Cowen in 1986. It is no longer in operation.[2][12]
Description edit
The former Victoria Inn is a one and a half storey Colonial Georgian sandstock brick cottage with sandstone quoins, lintels and sills. Symmetrical front facade has central panelled door with 4 pane fanlight. Windows are 2 x 6 pane double hung sashes. The roof is hipped and has wide boxed eaves. It has lath and plaster ceilings internally with cedar staircase and joinery. It has ten rooms with lift ceilings. The exterior is English bond brickwork. The internal doors are six panelled. The 2 attic rooms have dormer windows with decorative bargeboards. One cedar fireplace surround still exists. It has an extensive outbuilding wing at the rear, dating from varying periods.[2]
Significance edit
The former Victoria Inn is significant through its association with the early settlement of Berrima and its role and as coaching stop on the road south in the early days of the colony. It is aesthetically significant as an early well built Georgian cottage which is relatively intact in form and has considerable early original detail. It further contributes to the historic character of Berrima village as the most important building in the Jellore Street group.[2]
Heritage listing edit
Victoria Inn was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Victoria Inn". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00094. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ a b c d e "Victoria Inn (Former". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Focus on the lives of Berrima individuals". Southern Highland News. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Phillip (Philip) Solomon, Market Place". Harper's Mansion. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Advertising". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 January 1863. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Mail Robbery in 1864". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 May 1868. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "George James Powell Finlayson". Berrima District Museum. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Walking Guide to Historic Berrima" (PDF). Berrima District Historical and Family History Society. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Visit to historic Berrima". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 246. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 August 1965. p. 25. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Berrima 'Ghost' Due Again Tonight". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 June 1967. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "From the Horse's Mouth". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 February 1977. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Vice-Regal". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 April 1980. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
Bibliography edit
- "Victoria Inn Restaurant". 2007.
- Attraction Homepage (2007). "Victoria Inn Restaurant".
Attribution edit
This Wikipedia article was originally based on Victoria Inn, entry number 00094 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 1 June 2018.- This Wikipedia article was originally based on Victoria Inn (Former), entry number 2680128 in the New South Wales Heritage Database published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 9 September 2018.
