Erf No 4433
4433
Address
Bird Street cnr Church Street
Date Built
1899
Suggested Grading
IIIB
Description
"Double storey building with splayed corner from which the gable (probably with name) has been removed. First floor has ""Drapers, Milliners, Tailors, Outfitters & General Import Merchants"", in plaster lettering above a string course over large 20x20 sashes, also 'Est Bros 1897' at top of splayed corner. Fine Art Deco-style chrome shopfronts with leaded glass frieze and mirrored display cabinets. Concrete porch with precast columns and a wrought iron balustrade."
Details
Style
Victorian
Architectural Period
Victorian
Type Of Building
Commercial
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Offices & Shops
Original Use
General Evaluation
Contributing
History
Alterations
Social History
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PHOTO DATE: February 2026
Latitude/Longitude
-4020464.859 / 2099532.79750000000
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Additional Information
Additional Documents
NHRA Significance
Historical
Unassessed
Rarity
Unassessed
Aestetical
Unassessed
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Some significance
Social History
Unassessed
Slave History
Unassessed
* SCALE USED: Very Significant / Significant / Some Significance / No Significance / Not Assessed
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NHRA Protection
Sect 27.2 Is the building/site a Provinical Heritage Site?
unassessed
Sect 27.3 Is the building/site a Previous National Monument?
unassessed
Sect 28 Will any dev affect the prot or views of or from a Gr 1 or Gr 2 site?
unassessed
Sect 34 Is the building/structure older than 60 years?
yes
Sect 35 Is the site a declared archeological/palaeontological site?
unassessed
Sect 36 Does the site contain any graves or is it a burial ground?
unassessed
Sect 37 Does the site contain any public monuments or memorials?
unassessed
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Additional Photos
GALLERY 2025
PHOTO(S) DATE: February 2026
OLDER PHOTOS
PHOTO DATE: November 2009
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PHOTO DATE: unknown