Crowley Brothers

Terraced five-bay three-storey former shop, built c. 1900, having recent timber shopfront to front (east). Roughcast rendered wall to front elevation with raised render lettering between first and second floors. Rendered wall to side (north) elevation. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills, moulded render surrounds and archivolts, having uPVC casement windows. Fluted render keystones to first floor openings continuing as platbands to sill level of second floor. Timber shopfront comprising panelled pilasters surmounted by capped scrolled end consoles flanking moulded architrave, frieze with raised lettering and cornice. Fluted render platband to frieze level behind shopfront. Square-headed window openings over rendered stall risers having fixed timber-framed single-pane display windows. Recent wrought-iron shuttering over. Square-headed door opening having replacement glazed timber door surmounted by single-pane overlight. Located fronting directly onto street.

This prominently sited, large scale building is one of a pair of uniquely decorated structures in the centre of Newcastle West. It is part of the Nash's Mineral Water company, which was set up in Newcastlewest in 1875 by Richard and Johanna Nash. Unusual geometric motifs to the eaves level compliment the building's appearance and distinguish it from the surrounding streetscape. These and other decorative features, including render archivolt, vertical platbands and render lettering create a pleasing contrast against an otherwise plain roughcast rendered façade.