No 4 The Strand (Colonial Buildings including Ace Electrical Spares Centre)

No 4 The Strand, part of the Colonial Buildings including Ace Electrical Spares Centre, is a four-storey building with an attic and basement, constructed from snecked rubble and topped with a slate roof that features a boarded lift tower. The front has cambered window heads, with sash windows to the right and boarded hoist doors centrally located.

The gable end has a steep corbelled parapet that rises from outer pilasters and includes a finial base, along with an oculus in the attic. There are two windows on the top floor and three on the lower floors, all featuring cambered freestone heads with keyblocks and sash windows with vertical glazing bars. The ground floor openings have arched recesses and an impost stringcourse, with a large entrance to the right.

Inside, the building retains its original structure, including brick arched basement vaults supported by inverted T-girders on cross-shaped staunchions. The main floors feature cross-shaped and tapered staunchions with bracket heads, which support pitch pine cross-beams beneath timber floors. The roof is constructed with a king-post design.