Former Colvin Bros. Filling Station

MATERIALS: the walls of the building are weatherboarded, apart from the gable end of the canopy which is rendered between mock timber-framing. The roof is covered in concrete tiles (the original covering is unknown, but was possibly clay tiles), and there is a single brick chimney stack.

PLAN: the building is rectangular in plan and has a single-storey, plus attic, under a half-hipped roof. To the rear is a single-storey outshut, and a low two-storey extension with a brick chimney stack (this is thought to be a slightly later addition).

EXTERIOR: the half-hipped gable end of the attic storey projects out to form a canopy over the forecourt. The canopy is supported across the front on four square-section timber posts with stone bases, and diagonal splat bracing at the top. The petrol pumps originally stood in between the timber posts. The gable end is rendered and painted white, with black-painted vertical mock framing, and the eaves have scallop-edged bargeboards. The original entrance into the building was via a central door beneath the canopy, with a cashier's window to the right; this has been replaced with a large plate glass frontage (also with central door). Windows and doors to the sides and rear are timber and of varying dates, but are generally not original.

It is not known how, or if, the attic storey was originally used, however it now provides a one-bedroom drivers' flat and a number of roof-lights have been inserted in both pitches of the roof. Two brick piers topped with lanterns flanked the site; the one to the left survives (without the lantern), the one to the right does not.

INTERIOR: the original internal layout, which was probably very simple, is not evident; the principal space has been divided into several offices and an L-shaped hallway, and fixtures and fittings are modern.