The Counting House in Glen

11/01/2025

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28/12/2024

Good news Floater's!! This is where you'll find me Dec 27th to Jan 2nd. A big beautiful backyard Cafe The Counting House in Glen with plenty of room for everyone.

28/12/2024

28/12/2024

Another beautiful morning for coffee in the backyard of The Counting House in Glen see you all from 8am! . Call or text your order 0487729906

26/12/2024

coffee will be coming tomorrow to The Counting House in Glen. Due to sudden illness we are delaying by a day stay tuned for Saturday opening.

18/12/2024

17/12/2024

So pretty

🤩 Have you seen the beautiful lights adorning the front of The Counting House in Glen? ✨️ Another magical installation by local business Mr & Mrs Hill Lighting.

🗓 Don't forget our beautiful Christmas lights along Grey Street and at Town Hall will be switched on every night for all to enjoy until 6 January 2025.

And if you want to make a night out of it, check out the 'Christmas Lights Glen Innes' Facebook group for a map of lights around the town. You can also pick up a copy of the map from the Glen Innes Visitor Information Centre.

🤳 If you're out and about getting into the spirit of Christmas in Glen Innes Highlands, tag us in your posts so we can share.

📸 J.N.X Photography

07/12/2024

The lights are still twinkling

29/11/2024

An interesting phenomenon! All the bank buildings in Glen Innes do not have awnings and this is why!!!

This was one of a set of basically identical buildings, the ones to the right were occupied by retail establishments.

The entrance to the Bank is on the left (with the manager standing in the doorway for this official photograph for the bank) the door on the right leads to the first floor (here occupied by a Dentist).

Unlike the shops on either side this building does not have awnings over the pavement - this was quite deliberate - in the 18th and 19th centuries Public Buildings were designed to impress - usually with giant columns as seen here to evoke the idea of classical temples or other prestigious buildings.

Private Banks tended to follow the example of Post Offices and other government buildings.
In places like the US, Australia and New Zealand it was standard practice for retail shops to have awnings outside to shelter people from the rain and sun (but not in areas that got snow for obvious reasons).

Such awnings however were problematic as they encouraged people to loiter - in frontier societies this made people rather nervous about having men hovering around a place where you were depositing or withdrawing sums of cash.

It became the default setting to not have awnings on Banks - a feature also followed by Hotels trying to look as prestigious and respectable as possible.

When the Bank vacated this building and moved across the street into their new premises this building was immediately renovated to be rented out as a shop - big plate glass windows appeared on the ground floor and the awning on the right was extended over the whole façade.

This building, and the 1913 Bank opposite were demolished in 1968 to make way for the motorway.

28/11/2024

We are nearly ready for Christmas in the highlands tomorrow evening. A little sneak preview before the big switch on Friday 29 th November 2024. Thank you so much Mr and Mrs shill lighting. .norton .norton

28/11/2024