Fish and Chips Shop

Statement of Significance

Shop 103 Throssell Street, Collie, a single-storey brick and iron shops constructed in after 1909 has cultural heritage significance as part of the early commercial and retail centre of Collie and, although much of its original detailing is lost, aesthetic value for the contribution it makes to the streetscape of Collie.

Physical Description

Shop, 103 Throssell Street, is a single storey brick and iron commercial building. It has a single room frontage, with a re-entrant door to the left, and a glazed front. The window and door is not original. The rendered parapet has a simple curve and there is a suspended steel awning over the pavement.

History

On 21 May 1909 a fire started in the shop of WE Smith, a tailor and spread rapidly through the eight wooden shops between the Colliefields Hotel and the Crown Hotel. The Southern Times of 25 May 1909 reported that the businesses destroyed as GW Hartley, grocer; WE Smith, tailor; CAF Bond, chemist; R Waters, baker and confectioner; N Glaris, fish saloon; E Reynardson, furniture warehouse, E Watt, newsagent and the Ezywalkin Boot Co, boot merchants. Property loss was estimated at £2,000 with total losses, including stock and equipment at £4-5,000. The vacant blocks on either side of the row of shops protected the Colliefields and Crown Hotels. Most tenants were living on site. The Post Office Directories do not provide street numbers for Collie until 1934. From that time, and until 1945, FW Avenell, chemist is listed at the address. Avenell is not listed in Collie prior to 1934. From 1946 and until the Post Office Directory records cease in 1949, EC Knight, chemist is recorded.

Integrity/Authenticity

High/ High

Condition

Fair-Good

Uses

Historic Themes

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