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Castle House, Launceston, Tasmania
These two photographs are of a house with the appearance of a castle on Invermay Road in the Launceston suburb of Invermay. The house features extensive crenellation on both the main house and extensions, an entry porch, and lancet windows which were…
Tags: castle, crenellation, domestic architecture, Gothic, house, Invermay, lancet windows, Launceston, porch, Tas, Tasmania
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.…
St Paul’s Church, Oatlands, Tasmania
St Paul’s Church is a small stone Catholic church in the Tasmanian town of Oatlands. The church was designed by the English architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin in 1843 and constructed in 1850-1. It opened on February 25, 1851. The church…
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…
Valhalla Icecream
Valhalla Icecream is made in the Hobart suburb of Moonah. As seen on this advertising sign, the company’s logo features the side profile of the head of a Viking warrior on a red shield. The warrior wears a helmet with wings, a notion popular in…
Tags: advertisement, helmet, Hobart, horned helmet, icecream, logo, mythology, Norse, Odin, Old Norse mythology, shield, sign, Tas, Tasmania, Valhalla, Valhalla Icecream, Valkyrie, viking, warrior, winged helmet.
Uniting Church, Ross, Tasmania
The Uniting Church in the Tasmanian town of Ross was built as the Wesley Church in 1885. The building is in the Gothic Revival style and features lancet windows, a pointed arch entrance, buttresses, clock moldings, and a tower topped by a spire.
Tags: buttress, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, pointed arch, Ross, spire, Tas, Tasmania, tower, tracery, Uniting Church, vaulted ceiling, Wesley Church.
Uniting Church interior, Ross, Tasmania
The Uniting Church in the Tasmanian town of Ross was built as the Wesley Church in 1885. The building is in the Gothic Revival style and features lancet windows, a pointed arch entrance, buttresses, clock moldings, and a tower topped by a spire. The…
Tags: buttress, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, pointed arch, Ross, spire, Tas, Tasmania, tower, tracery, Uniting Church, vaulted ceiling, Wesley Church.
Highlands Warrior painting, Sheffield, Tasmania
The northern Tasmanian town of Sheffield is known as the ‘Town of Murals’ due to the large number of publicly displayed artworks in its streets, especially on walls. Although the majority of the artworks are about Tasmanian, especially…