Peninsula Tavern, Maylands

Statement of Significance

Peinsula Tavern, Maylands is a representative example of the type of experimental design applied to buildings during the late twentieth century, being a building comprising of eight sides, of the development of Maylands during the late twentieth century and is valued by the community for its unique design and its historic association with the adjacent Peninsula Hotel (fmr).

Physical Description

Peninsula Tavern, Maylands is a single storey brick and tile building located along Railway Parade, and adjacent to the State Registered Peninsula Hotel (fmr), in the locality of Bayswater and situated across from Maylands train station. The building is an eight sided polygon, which comprises four gabled roofed sections running in a north/south and east/west direction, and four flat roofed sections running in north-east/south-west and north-west/south-east directions. Entry to the place is located through the eastern wing. A drive through bottle shop has been established through the north-east wing.

History

From 1905, a plan of subdivided lots in the Bayswater and Maylands area shows that the allotment currently comprising Peninsula Tavern, Maylands was originally zoned as residential allotments, which included lots 296, 297, 298, 299 and 300. In 1906, the Peninsula Hotel (fmr) was constructed adjacent to the land which now includes Peninsula Tavern, Maylands to cater for the increase in population. The site of Peninsula Tavern, Maylands was previously used as residential allotments. The place was owned, constructed, and designed by Wilhelm Frederich Gustave Liebe, an architect and notable Perth builder specialising in hotels. By the 1920s and 1930s, the place was a hive of activity associated with further residential development and the return of soldiers from WWI. However, by the 1970s, hotel patronage declined due to changing drinking habits and the need for extensive maintenance. On 1 December 1971, the Swan Brewery Company Ltd bought the land comprising Peninsula Hotel (fmr) and Peninsula Tavern, Maylands. The Swan Brewery Company proposed that the Hotel was beyond repair, that the place be demolished and that a new tavern be built. By 1974, the Peninsula Tavern, Maylands had been erected. Although there were continued calls by Swan Brewery to demolish Peninsula Hotel (fmr), community outcry, and the formation of the Peninsula Association and assistance from the National Trust, resulted in retention of the place. Peninsula Tavern, Maylands is situated directly adjacent and behind the Peninsula Hotel (fmr), and both buildings are currently (2018) used for hospitality/tavern functions. Aerial imagery highlights that minimal changes have occurred to the exterior of Peninsula Tavern, Maylands. By 2000, the roof tiles had been painted to their current charcoal colour, previously being the original terracotta colour tile. In 2007, the original salmon brick was rendered and painted to its current red colour.

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