Tom Room Building, Launceston Church Grammar School, Tasmania
Buttress, castle, coat of arms, crenellation, crest, drama, education, Gothic, Launceston, Launceston Church Grammar School, Mowbray, parapet, pointed arch, Tom Room, school, shield, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
<p>Launceston Church Grammar School has two campuses in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston. The relatively recent brick Tom Room Building continues the medieval theme found elsewhere on the campus by the use buttresses that end as crenellation. The building also features the school coat of arms/crest of a castle with towers and crenelated parapets on a shield, as well as a drawing of a Gothic pointed arch doorway. The building has drama and multi-purpose classrooms. This photograph was taken on the Mowbray campus.</p>
<p>For the crest see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1234">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1234</a></p>
<p>For other buildings with medieval features see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1256">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1256</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1240">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1240</a></p>
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McLeod, Shane
November 17, 2012
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<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1234">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1234</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1240">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1240</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1256">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1256</a></p>
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St Mark’s Church of England rear, Pontville, Tasmania
Anglican, arrow slit, James Blackburn, blind doorway, buttress, Celtic cross, cemetery, Church of England, column, convict, John Franklin, garden, Joseph Moir, Neo-Norman, Pontville, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, St Mark’s Church of England, semi-circular arch, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
<p>St Mark’s Church of England (now Anglican) is in the small Tasmanian town of Pontville. The ashlar stone church was built between 1839 and 1841 by Joseph Moir and the foundation stone (no longer visible) is thought to have been laid by Governor Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). Due to a dispute over the ownership of the land the church was not consecrated until 1884. St Mark’s was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854) in the Romanesque Revival, or Neo-Norman, style. It is one of the oldest remaining buildings in the style in Australia. It features semi-circular arches on the doorways and windows, Celtic crosses at each gable end, four small square corner towers with arrow slits and pyramid-shaped roofs of iron, stained glass, and buttresses along the sides of the building. Additional features at the rear of the building are blind doorways with semi-circular arches on the towers, a large stained glass window (with protective covering), and an unusual Romanesque square garden feature (or tomb?) in the cemetery with columns and semi-circular arches.</p>
<p>Romanesque Revival architecture is sometimes referred to as Neo-Norman due to the Normans influence in spreading the Romanesque style through England after their conquest in 1066.</p>
<p>For the rest of the exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1233">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1233</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
November 21, 2012
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<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1233">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1233</a>
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Launceston Church Grammar School crest, Mowbray, Launceston, Tasmania
Castle, coat of arms, crenellation, crest, education, Latin, Launceston, Launceston Church Grammar School, Mowbray, parapet, school, sculpture, shield, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
<p>Launceston Church Grammar School has two campuses in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston. The school crest, or coat of arms, features a shield with the image of a castle with crenelated parapets and square towers. Above the castle is an open book and two bees. Below the shield is a Latin tag which reads ‘Unless the Lord is with us, our labour is in vain’. Featured is an ornate sculptured crest and a more recent simplified version. These photographs were taken on the Mowbray campus.</p>
<p>For buildings with medieval features on the campus see</p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1240">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1240</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1256">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1256</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1250">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1250</a></p>
Mcleod, Shane
November 17, 2012
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<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1240">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1240</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1256">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1256</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1250">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1250</a></p>
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Malt Kiln, Boag’s Brewery, Launceston, Tasmania
Beer, James Boag, Boag’s Brewery, buttress, column, dragon, Esk Brewery, knight, Launceston, malt kiln, Queen Anne Style, Romanesque, St George and the Dragon, sculpture, semi-circular arch, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
<p>The 1886 malt kiln of the Esk Brewery of James Boag and Son (Boag’s Brewery) is in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston. The façade is in the Queen Anne architectural style and includes a number of medieval features, such as buttresses, corner towers, and Romanesque semi-circular arches. The medieval aspects of the building are enhanced by the bas relief sculpture of St George and the dragon. St George is depicted as a medieval knight wearing armour and a helmet and sword. He is riding a horse which is trampling a winged dragon.</p>
<p>For a close up of the St George and the dragon sculpture see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1212">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1212</a></p>
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McLeod, Shane
November 18, 2012
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<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1216">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1216</a>
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St Mary’s Church of England, Kempton, Tasmania
Anglican, James Blackburn, buttress, Church of England, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Kempton, lancet window, pointed arch, Romanesque, St Mary’s Church of England, semi-circular arch, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
St Mary’s Church of England (now Anglican) is in the small Tasmanian town of Kempton. The foundation stone for the sandstone church was laid in 1839 and it opened in 1844. It is thought that the church was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854). The church is in the Gothic Revival style and features lancet windows (the small ones at the front are concreted up), including groups of three lancet windows at the building’s east and west, buttresses, and a pointed arch door and doorway. The square tower is unfinished, resulting in the bell being housed in a smaller structure on its top. Surprisingly, this addition has three Romanesque semi-circular arches on each side rather than the Gothic pointed arches used elsewhere on the building.
McLeod, Shane
November 21, 2012
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Edward Nicholas Memorial Window, St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Bothwell, Tasmania
Anglican, armour, Bothwell, crenellation, Gothic, Gothic Revival, helmet, knight, lancet window, memorial, Edward Nicholas, parapet, pennant, plate armour, St George cross, St Michael and All Angels Church, spire, stained glass, sword, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
The Edward Nicholas (d. 1881) memorial window is in St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church in the Tasmanian town of Bothwell. The window consists of two lancet windows, each of which features Christ. He is framed by a representation of elaborate Gothic building with towers, crenellation, and spires. The window on the right includes two knights below Christ (who carries a pennant, or long narrow flag, of St George) dressed in plate armour and helmets of the late medieval period. One of the knights wears a sword.
McLeod, Shane
October 8, 2012
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Church Hall, Deloraine, Tasmania
Anglican, buttress, church hall, crenellation, Deloraine, porch, St Mark’s Church, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
This church hall is adjacent to St Mark’s Anglican Church in the northern Tasmanian town of Deloraine. The brick building includes corner buttresses ending in towers at the front of the hall and the porch. The concrete tower gives the impression of having a crenelated parapet.
McLeod, Shane
November 4, 2012
No Copyright
Digital Photograph
Keith Sydney Isles memorial window, St David’s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania
Anglican, armour, Celtic cross, helmet, heraldry, Hobart, Keith Sydney Isles, knight, lancet window, memorial, St David’s Cathedral, shield, spear, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
<p>The Keith Sydney Isles (1902-1977) memorial window is in St David’s Anglican Cathedral, Hobart. The window is made up of three lancet windows with a figure in each. The figure in the tall central window is a knight in late medieval armour and helmet holding a spear and shield. Above the knight is a ring-headed (Celtic) cross, a style common in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Wales, and England from c. 750-1200. Below the each of the figures are two heraldic shields.</p>
<p>For the interior of the Cathedral see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
October 6, 2012
No Copyright
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198</a>
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