The Millstream Cafe

The Millstream Cafe is a cafe with living accommodation above and at the rear, likely originating from the 17th century or earlier. The upper floor was created by raising the roof in the mid-19th century when the street-facing part was also rebuilt in red brick, featuring a pedimented gable end that is now painted white. The building is timber-framed and weatherboarded, topped with a low-pitched slate roof.

The front pediment has stucco mouldings, and there are moulded wooden surrounds to three upper windows on the two-storey front, as well as to a small pedimented aedicule in the gable. The structure is a long, narrow two-storey building that runs back from the street at a slight angle, with the 19th-century brick front part aligned to the street.

The front has three windows on the two-storey facade, with moulded brick corbels at each end and continuous coping above. Set in from the ends is a steep triangular brick pediment adorned with stucco mouldings. The flush box sash windows feature plate glass and an arched head to the upper sash, with pilastered surrounds and scrolled brackets supporting a moulded flat hood.

The central and left-hand side of the building has a pilastered late 19th-century shop front, which includes a door and a four-light ovulo-moulded transomed shop window, with decorative moulded brackets featuring a pelican in her piety in relief on each. There is an altered window on the right side.

The east flank facing the lane is long and weatherboarded, featuring a canted bay with double doors and a flush box sash window with three-over-six panes on the ground floor. The upper floor has two-light casements, with an offset at sill level indicating the former eaves level. At the northern end, there is a one-storey weatherboarded lean-to. The building has central chimneys and is a prominent feature in the High Street.