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Pigeon Tower, near Cressy, Tasmania
This pigeon tower, or dovecote, is located on the banks of Macquarie River on a property owned by Burlington Farming Pty Ltd near the northern Tasmanian town of Cressy. The tower was originally part of the adjoining Panshanger Estate and was built in…
The Card Castle, Launceston, Tasmania
The Card Castle is a card and gift shop in the Old Brisbane Arcade in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The two signs for the store feature a castle. Whilst one provides merely the outline of a castle wall and tower with crenelated parapets, the…
Tags: advertising, castle, crenellation, draw-bridge, Launceston, moat, Old Brisbane Arcade, parapet, pointed arch, shop, sign, Tas, Tasmania, The Card Castle, tower.
House with crenellation, West Launceston, Tasmania
This two-storey Federation-era weatherboard house in the Launceston suburb of West Launceston has a corner tower topped by a crenelated parapet.
St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Carrick, Tasmania
St Andrew’s Anglican Church is in the town of Carrick in northern Tasmania. The church was transformed from a schoolhouse by Thomas Reibey of Hadspen in 1845, who became its first minister and was later succeeded by his brother. The tower was…
Duncan House, Launceston, Tasmania
Duncan House is on Brisbane Street in central Launceston, Tasmania. It was designed by architect Colin Philip in 1934 as the Ford showroom for City Motors. The three storey Art Deco building features a number of medieval Gothic features including a…
Tags: Art Deco, City Motors, Colin Philip, crenellation, Duncan House, Ford, Gothic, Launceston, parapet, pointed arch, Tas, Tasmania.
Flamingos Dance Bar, Hobart, Tasmania
Flamingos Dance Bar at 201 Liverpool Street, Hobart, is in a medieval-inspired building. It has the appearance of a small fortification or castle, with a central tower and six fortified turrets. The brick building is topped by a crenelated parapet,…
Tags: castle, crenellation, Flamingos Dance Bar, Hobart, parapet, Tas, Tasmania, tower, turret.
(Former) St Mary’s Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania
The former St Mary’s Hospital is on the corner of Davey Street and Salamanca Place, at the rear of Parliament House, in Hobart, Tasmania. Designed by William Porden Kay (1809-1870), it was built as a private sixty bed hospital for Dr Edward…
Kodak House, Hobart, Tasmania
Kodak House is in the Elizabeth Street mall in central Hobart. The top of the narrow five storey building has two narrow ‘towers’ on each end with a crenelated parapet running between them. In the centre is a shield bearing a…