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'Golden era of neo-Gothic', Domain Website

This 2010 article by Jenny Brown for the Domain website is about the late nineteenth century Gothic Revival architecture in Melbourne, Victoria. The article focusses on what is now known as the ANZ Gothic Bank on the corner of Collins and Queen…

Tags: ANZ, ANZ Gothic Bank, bank, Domain, English, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Jenny Brown, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, Old Stock Exchange, pointed arch, Safe Deposit, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank, Vic, Victoria, website, William Pitt, William Wardell

(Former) Congregational Church, Pontville, Tasmania

This (Former) Congregational Church is in the small Tasmanian town of Pontville. The local sandstone church was opened in 1876 by Rev. J. Shiphird and replaced an earlier chapel. It is in the Gothic Revival style with buttresses, lancet windows, a…

Tags: buttress, Congregational Church, Gothic, Gothic Revival, J. Shiphird, lancet window, pointed arch, Pontville, porch, Tas, Tasmania, Uniting Church.

(Former) Methodist Church, Westbury, Tasmania

The current Uniting Church in the small Tasmanian town of Westbury was built as a Methodist Church. Building commenced in 1865 and it was completed in March 1867. It was designed by the Melbourne architectual firm (Thomas) Crouch and (Ralph) Wilson.…

Tags: bellcote, buttress, Crouch and Wilson, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Methodist, Methodist Church, pointed arch, Tas, Tasmania, tracery, Uniting Church., Westbury

(Former) Methodist Church, Whitemore, Tasmania

The Uniting Church in the small town of Whitemore in northern Tasmania was formally a Methodist church. The simple brick building was designed by Launceston architect Percy Oakden (1845-1917) in the Gothic Revival style with buttresses, lancet…

Tags: A.A. Quick, buttress, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, Methodist, Methodist Church, Percy Oakden, pointed arch, Tas, Tasmania, Uniting Church, Whitemore.

(Former) Metropolitan Gas Company building, Melbourne, Victoria

The former Metropolitan Gas Company building is located at 194 Flinders Street in the Melbourne CBD. It is opposite St Paulâ€™s Anglican Cathedral and was designed by Reed, Smart and Taplin in the Gothic Revival Style to harmonize with the…

Tags: column, finial, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Joseph Reed, lancet window, Melbourne, Metropolitan Gas Company, pointed arch, Reed, Smart and Taplin, St Paulâ€™s Cathedral, tower, tracery, Vic, Victoria

(Former) Mortuary Station, Regent St, Sydney

The former Mortuary Station is located behind Sydneyâ€™s Central Station in the inner-city suburb of Chippendale on Regent Street, after which it was renamed. The station was designed by James Barnet and completed in 1869. It was part of the…

(Old) Perth Boyâ€™s School

Perth Boyâ€™s School is in the central Perth CBD and was designed in the Gothic style by William Sandford, with the plans drawn by Richard Roach Jewell. The building opened in 1854, with extensions in the 1860s. Conservation and interpretation…

Tags: bell tower, Church, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet windows, Perth, Perth Boyâ€™s School, porch, Richard Roach Jewell, school, spire, WA, Western Australia., William Sandford

(Old) State School, Launceston, Tasmania

(Old) Launceston State School is on Paterson Street in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The brick building is in the Gothic Revival style and features a bellcote, lancet windows, tracery, and buttresses. The building is now a Launceston College…

Tags: bellcote, buttress, education, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, Launceston, Launceston College Music Centre, Old State School, pointed arch, State School, Tas, Tasmania, tracery.

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