Urwin's Store

Urwin's Store is a historically significant building located on Stirling Terrace in Toodyay, Western Australia. It is registered on the Australian Heritage Database.[1]

Urwin's Store
Urwin's Store in 2014
Former namesCaddy & Wilshire's Drapery Store, Unwin's Store
Alternative namesToodyay Bakery
General information
Architectural styleVictorian Classical
Address123 Stirling Terrace
Town or cityToodyay, Western Australia
CountryAustralia
Coordinates31.550285°S 116.466292°E / -31.550285; 116.466292
Completed1898
Technical details
Floor count2
Lifts/elevators1
Design and construction
Main contractorHenry Davey Jnr.
References
Toodyay municipal inventory

History

It was built in 1898 by Henry Davey Jnr.[2] It is a double storey building with parapet decorated with scrolls and finials, and it is constructed of rendered brick, with a ridged iron roof and timber framed windows. The ground floor has always been used as a shop and has retained much of its original character and features. The shop was originally known as Urwin's Drapery Store and it was later known as Caddy & Wilshire's Drapery Store. The upper storey now has a balcony or verandah that extends over the lower street level.[3]

The façade names the building as "Unwins Store" (with an 'n'), but as it was built for Robert Urwin[2] the name on the front is incorrect. This name was applied in error and it is not the preferred name.[3]

The Toodyay Masonic Lodge[4] rented the upstairs rooms from 1899 before moving to its current premises in 1924. Other lodges also used these rooms: The Order of the Buffaloes held meetings there until the 1950s.[5][6]

A hairdresser and tobacconist's shop was built the year after Urwin's Store, to fill the gap between it and the Freemasons Hotel. This was also built by Davey and was operated by Carl Heiden.[7]

A retail bakery and café is currently operating from the premises.

References
  1. "Old Unwins Store (Place ID 9990)". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. "N.A.". Northam Advertiser. 21 May 1898. p. 3.
  3. Urwin's Store, No 02582, State Heritage. Retrieved 28 July 2014
  4. "NEWS AND NOTES". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 14 November 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2014. re the Toodyay Masonic Lodge in 1900 a year later
  5. Living History. Shire of Toodyay.
  6. Hocking Planning & Architecture (2012), Municipal Inventory and Heritage List (PDF), Shire of Toodyay, p. 351, retrieved 12 April 2018
  7. Northam Advertiser. Missing or empty |title= (help) See reference given in Toodyay Chronology.
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