Three Shops

Statement of Significance

Disused Shops is a central part of the streetscape of Park Street and makes an important contribution to the visual character of this important streetscape in its continuous verandah cover and brick parapets. The site is representative of retailing at the turn-of-the-century and is significant for its form.

Physical Description

Disused shops is a row of three, single-storey brick buildings built to the building line of Park Street. A bullnosed verandah roof, continuous across the three shops, provides cover over the footpath. The brick walls are laid in colonial bond, rendered to the street elevation. The shops are separated by brick firewalls that extend beyond the roof to a parapet that extends across the building. The parapet is also rendered and devoid of any decoration.
The shop fronts are timber framed with large fixed window panes with fanlights, now boarded over. The lower walls of the shop fronts are lined to sill height with vertical timber boards. Entrance to each shop is recessed with timber
doors and fanlights, now painted over. The floor of each entrance has been resurfaced in concrete.
The elevation is protected by a bullnosed verandah roof supported by turned timber posts and decorate timber brackets (some missing). The end post at the western end has been replaced by a square timber post. The interior of the shops have pressed metal ceilings, painted walls and timber floors boards, some now covered in concrete.

History

During the 1890s and particularly in the early 1900s, Pingelly's population was swelled by a steady influx of men from the goldfields seeking employment and somewhere to settle. The expanding population was further supplemented by the arrival of numerous immigrants during 1910-12. This increase in population had a great influence on the town's growth. It necessitated the survey of more town and suburban lots, increased subsidies for road construction and numerous buildings were constructed.
As the main town of Pingelly became established, the main shopping area was in Park Street west. However, Parade Street eventually took over with larger shops such as Grace Bros.

Condition

Fair

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