A group of good early Modernist shops, built in c1953. They are historically significant locally in embodying retail practice in Croydon in the post-war period of development. The pharmacy is significant for its continuous operation since its construction, almost fifty years ago. It is also architecturally significant locally, particularly with 192 Main Street (q.v.) as a group of good early Modernist retail buildings and as a gateway to Main Street from Mt. Dandenong Road, together with 207 and 212 Mt. Dandenong Road.
The Oxford Shop, D & G Burns Chemist, Clip & Curl, The Craft Cubby, Catlefield, et al. - Physical Description 1
Five Modernist cream brick shops, including a prominent corner pharmacy with cantilevered, curved, and streamlined corner canopy and high curved brick parapet fronts. There are metal-framed shopfronts, fawn and black glazed ceramic wall-tiles and an oculus.