1918 - Cafe on Strand - Croydon, NSW, Australia
S 33° 53.002 E 151° 06.896
56H E 325668 N 6249176
One of the earliest buildings on this side of Croydon, built in 1918.
Waymark Code: WMYDPY
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 06/03/2018
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This is a red brick building, on the corner of The Strand, and a dead-end section of Paisley Road. The street level has a large plate glass window onto The Strand, and the entry door on the diagonal to the intersection of where Paisley Road follows parallel to the railway line. There is a broad awning over the footpath, which has steel rods bracing it back to the facade.
On the top of the tall brick facade are some decorative orbs. The Dated section is on the diagonal to the intersection, in an inlaid rendered rectangle.
There is some on-street parking on Paisley Street, on the eastern side of The Strand.
Address: 2 The Strand, Croydon, NSW, 2132, Australia
Phone: (02) 9744 1738
* Trading Hours *
Sunday: 8am - 3pm
Monday & Tuesday: 6.30am - 3.30pm
Wednesday to Friday: 6.30am - 4.30pm
Saturday: 7.30am - 4.30pm
Website: (
visit link)
Visited: 1423, Sunday, 29 April, 2018
[While the western side of 'The Strand' started to have commercial buildings in 1913, with the Post Office, it wasn't until 1917 that businesses started building on the eastern side of the road. ex- Australian Historical Marker, next to the Town Clock.]
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