1 to 9 (odd) John William Street

Retail and offices, 1852, by William Wallen, later occupied by Rushworth’s, the town’s foremost department store, now commercial and hospitality.

MATERIALS: sandstone ashlar frontage with slate roof.

PLAN: the building occupies a prominent corner location with elevations to both John William Street and Westgate.

EXTERIOR: 1-9 John William Street is of three-storeys with horizontally rusticated quoin strips and a rounded corner.

The John Williams Street elevation has six bays, with the ground floor comprising modern shopfronts. On the first floor the windows contain one-over-one sashes with aprons, moulded and shouldered surrounds and full entablatures. The second-floor windows also contain one-over-one sashes with moulded surrounds and cornices; plain aprons rest upon the entablatures of the windows below. Above is a deeply projecting modillion eaves cornice and plain parapet. The corner bay contains a single bay of windows similar to the John William Street elevation, but of a tripartite arrangement.

The Westgate elevation is similarly styled to the John William Street elevation, but the two left bays are more generously spaced, and the second and third bay are separated by a horizontal rusticated pilaster.