Numbers 179-205 With Attached Verandah

This is a commercial building with an attached verandah, dated 1895 as indicated on the rainwater heads. It has been altered at various times. The building is constructed of red brick with sandstone dressings, and has slate roofs. A verandah of cast iron and glass is attached. The architectural style is eclectic, incorporating Queen-Anne features.

The exterior is four storeys and seven bays, with pilasters to which rainwater heads and downspouts are attached, except at the ends. Shaped gables are present to the centre and end bays, and swept Dutch gables to the intermediate pairs. The upper floors feature oriel windows, mostly two-storied and canted, except for the central oriel which extends to the third floor and has rounded corners. All the oriels are fitted with run-out bands of black-and-white panelling between floors.

The ground floor has 20th-century shop fronts. Upper floor windows have wooden mullions and transoms; those at the first floor stand out with semicircular arched glazing in the upper lights. At the third floor, the end bays have pairs of cross windows with shouldered heads, while the intermediate pairs feature eight-light windows with carved stone lintels set under shallow elliptical brick heads.

The eight-bay verandah comprises cast-iron columns with vase-baluster bases, foliated capitals, pierced ornamented brackets, and a frieze (missing from Number 179). There are also acroteria over the columns and a single-pitched glazed roof.

The interior has not been inspected. The building forms a group with numbers 163-177 to the left, and 207-213 adjoining to the right and the verandah contributes to the streetscape character.