Station Store (25 Rosebank Road)

Architect Hugh Grierson designed the Station Store, built in 1912. A second storey was added by 1913 providing living quarters. It has been a grocers, drapers, and dairy over the years. G. J. Philip ran the store in 1913, advertising “Merchant, Provisions, Grain and Produce”. At the back of the store was a “high door”, with a lifting beam for unloading items delivered by horse and cart. There were stables at the back. The concreting of the Great North Road in 1925 ended any hopes of making this area a major retail centre, but the store itself has survived for over a century as a local grocery and dairy.

Continue along Rosebank Road.