Oceanic Hotel

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Oceanic Hotel
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Oceanic Hotel corner of Collie and Pakenham Streets
Oceanic Hotel
General information
TypeHeritage-listed building
Location Fremantle, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°03′24″S115°44′45.5″E / 32.05667°S 115.745972°E / -32.05667; 115.745972 (Oceanic Hotel) Coordinates: 32°03′24″S115°44′45.5″E / 32.05667°S 115.745972°E / -32.05667; 115.745972 (Oceanic Hotel)
TypeState Registered Place
Part of West End, Fremantle (25225)
Reference no. 862
Oceanic Hotel corner of Pakenham Street Oceanic Hotel Pakenham Street facade.jpg
Oceanic Hotel corner of Pakenham Street

The Oceanic Hotel is a heritage listed building located on Collie Street on the corner of Pakenham Street in Fremantle, Western Australia.

The building was constructed in 1898 [1] an occupies the site where the Welsh Harp Hotel also known as the Collie Hotel formerly stood. [2]

The two storey truncated corner building is made of painted brick and has zero setback from the pavement. A bull nosed corrugated veranda awning wraps around the building's corner. The roof line is fronted by decorative parapet with four pediments with 1898 inscribed in the stucco on the corner pediment. The Pakenham Street side of the building features extensive stained glass lead lights in the windows where Oceanic Hotel name appears in the glass. [3]

The building was converted to six strata titled apartments during the 1980s. One of the apartments was extensively refurbished in 2005 winning the architectural firm, spaceagency, the RAIA Residential Award in 2006. [4] It is currently used as holiday apartments. [1]

See also

List of heritage places in Fremantle

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References

  1. 1 2 "1898 Oceanic Hotel". waymarkng.com. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  2. "Oceanic Hotel". Fremantle Stuff. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. "Oceanic Hotel (fmr)". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  4. "Collie Street". Spaceagency. Retrieved 23 December 2016.