Parkerville Tavern facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Parkerville Tavern |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Former names | The Railway Hotel The Parkerville Hotel |
| General information | |
| Status | Trading |
| Type | Hotel |
| Address | 6 Owen Road |
| Town or city | Parkerville |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°52′38″S 116°08′09″E / 31.8772°S 116.1359°E |
| Opened | 1902 |
| Landlord | T’Anne Mills and Ryan Chandler since December 2019 |
The Parkerville Tavern was opened in 1902 in Parkerville a hills suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It was originally called The Railway Hotel and later The Parkerville Hotel before adopting its current name in the 1970s.
History
In 1902, widow Alice Ottey obtained a wine and beer licence for her house. The premises were known as The Railway Hotel. With many squatters living in the surrounding bush and a flurry of activity from the local sawmills, gravel quarry, and fruit orchards, it wasn’t long before the hotel was reported to be “in full swing”. Catherine married and returned to Kalgoorlie. Alice married Charles Hebb. Alice rented the hotel to W. W. Bramwell and subsequently to W.H. Angove. Angove made substantial additions to the place and received a full public house licence, changing the name to The Parkerville Hotel.
The Parkerville Tavern closed in 1921 and reopened in 1928. The tavern has had numerous owners since then including Robert Congdon, Eileen Smith, Bill Harrison, Gary Manolas, Thomas Martin and Ian O’Connor.
The Tavern has always remained a social hub for Parkerville, enjoying Celebrations, Dancing, Motorcycle runs, Wood chopping and Sunday sessions The Tavern survived a fire in 1990 and has had further restoration work.
The Parkerville Tavern’s name board features Sir Stephen Henry Parker, whom the town was named after.
There is a 5-acre park behind the tavern named The Alice Hebb Reserve.
Architectural character
The Tavern is a brick, two storey building, sitting close to the road overlooking the Jane Brook and Railway Reserve Heritage Trail. It has large verandas and balustrades on both floors across most of the south and west facing frontages which contributes to the building's impact on its surroundings. The timber veranda detailing has arched underside veranda beams together with unflamboyant ladder friezes; the dominant projecting roof gables over the front veranda; the remnant of rough cast render combined with brickwork on the chimney are of a later 'Bungalow' style, whilst the rendered bands of brickwork, rendered sills and lintels, the double hung timber windows, Georgian mullioned in the top sash and the odd surviving elements of stained glass all express the building's character from the federation period.
Heritage value
The Parkerville Tavern has very high aesthetic significance for the style, scale and landmark value the building has as well as high social significance for the role and focus the place has provided.
In 2016 the Parkerville Tavern was listed on Western Australia’s Heritage Register for the contribution made by the place to Western Australia’s cultural heritage.
