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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.
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…
Fortress Risk Insurance Services, Launceston, Tasmania
Fortress Risk Insurance Services are based in the Tasmanian city of Launceston and were established in 2011. The logo for the company, as seen in the photograph, is the outline of part of a medieval fortress. It gives the appearance of a castle tower…
Tags: castle, crenellation, fortress, Fortress Risk Insurance Services, insurance, Launceston, logo, parapet, sign, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
Christ Church, Longford, Tasmania
Christ Church is in the centre of the Tasmanian town of Longford and was designed by Launceston-based architect Robert de Little. The Anglican church was built between 1839 and 1844, with the crenellation on the tower added in 1960 (the tower was…
St George’s Chapel Exterior, Perth, Western Australia
St George’s Anglican Chapel is the chapel of St George’s College, a residential college for students attending The University of Western Australia in Perth. The foundation stone of the chapel was laid in 1928 by Archbishop Riley and the…
Tags: Anglican, Archbishop Riley, arched window, blind arcading, buttress, crenellation, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, parapet, Perth, pointed arch, St George’s Chapel, St George’s College, stained glass, Talbot Hobbs, tower, tracery, University of Western Australia, WA, Western Australia.
St Peter’s Church, Oatlands, Tasmania
St Peter’s Church is a stone Anglican church in the Tasmanian town of Oatlands. The church was designed by architects John Lee Archer and Robert de Little and building commenced in 1838. The building is in the Gothic Revival style and features…
Fortified House, Northern Tasmania
This fortified house can be found on the road between Launceston and Lillydale in northern Tasmania. The single level stone fortifications are attached to a farmhouse and include round towers linked by a wall, all of which have a crenelated parapet.…
Water Tower, Evandale, Tasmania
The Water Tower in the Tasmanian town of Evandale was part of the Evandale Water Supply Scheme designed by Robert Gould. The 12 metre high tower opened in 1896 and was in operation until 1968. The brick water tower has the appearance of a fortified…
Tags: crenellation, Evandale, parapet, Robert Gould, Tas, Tasmania, tower, water tower