Urwin's Store
{{Short description|Historic building in Toodyay, Western Australia}}
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| former_names = Caddy & Wilshire's Drapery Store, Unwin's Store
| alternate_names = Toodyay Bakery
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| architectural_style = Victorian Classical
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| address = 123 Stirling Terrace
| location_town = Toodyay, Western Australia
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| main_contractor = Henry Davey Jnr.
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Urwin's Store is a historically significant building located on Stirling Terrace in Toodyay, Western Australia. It is registered on the Australian Heritage Database.{{cite AHD|9990|Old Unwins Store|accessdate=23 March 2014}}
History
It was built in 1898 by Henry Davey Jnr.{{cite news|newspaper=Northam Advertiser|date=21 May 1898|page=3|title=N.A.}} 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.[http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/3efcae92-53b3-4585-ab38-694803d43163 Urwin's Store], No 02582, State Heritage. Retrieved 28 July 2014
The façade names the building as "Unwins Store" (with an 'n'), but as it was built for Robert Urwin the name on the front is incorrect. This name was applied in error and it is not the preferred name.
The Toodyay Masonic Lodge{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23847598 |title=NEWS AND NOTES. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=14 November 1900 |accessdate=15 January 2014 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} re the Toodyay Masonic Lodge in 1900 a year later 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.{{cite book|title=Living History|publisher=Shire of Toodyay}}{{citation|url=http://www.toodyay.wa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/building/municipal-inventory/municipal-inventory.pdf|title=Municipal Inventory and Heritage List|publisher=Shire of Toodyay|year=2012|author=Hocking Planning & Architecture|access-date=12 April 2018|page=351|archive-date=13 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413124730/http://www.toodyay.wa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/building/municipal-inventory/municipal-inventory.-jan-2013.pdf|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite news |newspaper=Northam Advertiser}} See reference given in Toodyay Chronology.
A retail bakery is currently operating from the premises, known as Toodyay Bakery. The business is run by Jason and Cassie Marion, and is famous for creating what came to be known as "Australia's Best Pastie" in 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www.australiantraveller.com/australia/where-to-find-the-best-pies-around-australia/ | title=Where to find the best pies around Australia | date=2 August 2022 }}
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