shop/retail outlet

Attached two-bay four-storey commercial building, built c. 1935 as north end of cohesive block of five similarly detailed buildings, having square-headed recessed bays to middle floors, recent shopfront to ground floor, and two-storey return to rear. Pitched roof, concealed by brick parapet with three recessed square panels, moulded brick and lead-lined cornice, topped with carved sandstone urn finial to north side. Parapet gutters with recessed cast-iron box-downpipe (replacement) to north side. Machine-made red brick walling, laid in Flemish bond, with projecting horizontally channelled brick piers to outer sides, rising to moulded stringcourses over second floor and third floor windows (continuing across neighbouring buildings to south). Large vertical sign suspended from middle floors. Square-headed window openings, with brick voussoirs, brick sills to top two floors and masonry sills to first floor, having original one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns and some historic glass. Moulded masonry cornice remains from earlier shopfront.

This building is part of a terrace of red brick commercial units, built c. 1935 for Hipps & Co., tailors, and attributed to the designs of architect George L. O’Connor. Despite some fabric alterations the buildings survives well, particularly across the upper floors. It forms part of a coherent group that dominates this stretch of the street and contributes to the rich fabric of historic commercial buildings defining much of the streetscape character within this architectural conservation area.