The Crown Hotel

The Crown Hotel is a large hotel built in 1896, designed in the Shaw Domestic Revival style. It is constructed of brick with stone detailing on the ground floor, tile-hung on the first floor, and features timber-framed gables with plaster infill. The building is 2½ storeys high and has a double pile layout, with a rear section that projects three bays at one end, featuring gables on the first two bays and a carriageway beneath the end bay. The front range consists of five wide gabled bays, with the upper floor jettied over two bays at the far end.

The front has a rear pile that projects to the left, with a timber arch leading to the carriage bay at the end. There is a Shaw style window beside the arch and a wide stone archway with a door and windows on either side. An oriel window is situated over the carriageway, and transomed casements are found elsewhere on the building. Heavy bressumers accentuate the gables. The front pile features a full-height canted bay beneath the gable on the left-hand side. The main doorway is located under a large flat hood beside a wide canted bay in the center. To the right, there is a segmental head casement and another wide stone archway, with a canted stone bay at the right end that matches the one on the left. The first floor has transomed casements, while the second floor features wide casements. The two bays on the left have an inverted W roof.