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Newcastle Club Hotel
1897, aka Newport Hotel, 2 South Terrace, on the corner with Market Street. In 2023, the Flight Club.
Heritage Council:
History. Opened in 1897 as the Newcastle Hotel, with Martin Murphy as the hotel keeper, owned by David Connor. Architects Cavanagh and Cavanagh carried out alterations and additions in brick and stone in 1906, including the two storey verandah. Alterations to floor plan in 1946, 1967 and 1971, the latter including covering the courtyard.
The name was changed from the Newcastle Club Hotel to the Newport c. 1986 after renovations. Again renovated in 2001/02.
Currently the Newport Hotel. Heritage Council.
Heritage Council:
Two storey prominent corner hotel adjoining 62 Market Street, has a zero setback from the pavement. The façade is rendered and painted brick, the sides are stone. A zincalume hipped roof has four chimneys with corbelling and is fronted by a parapet. The decorative parapet has a balustrade with 'Newcastle Club Hotel Est. 1897' appearing in the central decorative pediment. The verandahs have a Colorbond bull nosed roof supported by metal posts with cast iron balustrade on the first floor and posts with cast iron fringe on the ground floor (not original). There are stained glass leadlight transom windows above the entrances on the ground floor.
Significance. The place is historically significant as a hotel dating from the gold boom period in Fremantle and still operating for its original purpose. The place is a fine example of a Federation Filigree style building, with elaborate stucco decoration that makes a significant contribution to the streetscape. Heritage Council.
The Newcastle Club Hotel is on the extreme left of this photo (taken after 1905, when the trams started running) . The Literary Institute sign can be seen on the right.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 19 September, 2014 and hosted at freotopia.org/hotels/newcastle.html (it was last updated on 28 November, 2023). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.