Deem and Shearer Building/Caffe Windsor (1875)

This building is likely to have been originally constructed in 1875 for butcher H. B. Curtis. A building of similar shape and dimensions is present in a C. Aubrey painting of Inglewood from 1896, and an "old building" is still marked on a Deposited Plan (DP) dated February 1911 (possibly surveyed earlier). 

H. B. Curtis operated a butchery on this site from about 1875, and in mid-1876, it was reported that Curtis was operating from a 'tin building', presumably clad in corrugated iron. In January 1893 it was reported that "Mr H. B. Curtis has leased his residence and butchery business for seven years to Mr Waldron who will carry on the butchering there". 

Newspaper reports suggest that the building was extensively renovated in 1911 for solicitors Weston and Weston:

• On 17 January 1911 it was reported that Weston and Weston had purchased "the corner site opposite the Inglewood Hotel from Mr J. Gibbs for offices for their Inglewood Branch". A similar report on 18 January stated that "Messrs Weston and Weston have bought a piece of land at Gernhoefer's corner and intend building offices there shortly". 
• Later, on 22 April 1911, it was reported that Weston and Weston were now occupying their "up-to-date and well-lighted" new offices at "Gernhoefer's corner, which will presumably be in future known as Weston's corner". 
• The Taranaki Herald of 5 April 1911 reported that "Messrs Percival and Messenger (architects), on behalf of Messrs Weston and Weston, wrote asking the council to asphalt the footpaths in front of the latter's new offices". 

Later occupiers of the building include lawyers Deem and Billing, and later Deem and Shearer. 

The McFarlane's opened a cafe in the building in the 1990s, and it is now (2023) occupied by Caffe Windsor.

Sources: Taranaki Daily News 18 January 1911, Taranaki Herald 19 January 1911, Taranaki Herald 5 April 1911, Taranaki Herald 22 April 1911.