Quairading Hotel

Statement of Significance

The place is significant as the oldest surviving building in Quairading town. The hotel is a representative example of its period, and has considerable significance in the main street streetscape. It is an integral and vital element in the townscape of Quairading. The hotel is of historic significance for the role it played in the progress and development of the town of Quairading. The social value is considerable considering the associations with pioneers, travellers, sports-persons, farmers and townspeople, all who have visited the place

Physical Description

The original double storey brick structure with first floor verandahs above the street level pavement. Decorative timber balustrading and filigree roof line detail was along both street frontages. The roof is corrugated iron with a split verandah roof. The 1927 extensions consisted of enclosing the verandahs on the Cubbine Rd frontage, additions on the east side replicating and extending the Heal Street frontage, and extending north to the rear of the property. The construction was brick and iron in a manner such that it is indeterminable from the original. In the 1970s accommodation rooms in the c1927 area were refurbished to include two ensuite bathroom suites.

History

The hotel was built and operated by the members of the Heggarty family, who had also taken up land in Toapin Weir Road (see Ref 24 ). The lower storey of the part built hotel was opened when the railway came to Quairading in 1908. A licensed hotel in a wheatbelt town usually signals the progress of that town. (Narembeen- Emu Hill, Kulin -Jitarning) Quairading was no different, with the railway in close proximity, the hotel was a catalyst to Quairading's development. In 1921 Szczecinski bought the hotel, and in 1927 constructed a new dining room, kitchen and upper bedrooms. It is the oldest remaining building in Quairading, and only two storey structure in the main street.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Some alterations but for the most part redeemable
Authenticity: High degree retained for each period

Condition

Good

Uses

Historic Themes

Creation Date

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