Cat Roof Ornament, Lyttleton Street, East Launceston, Tasmania
domestic architecture, architecture, cat, cats, East Launceston, gargoyle, gargoyles, Launceston, Lyttleton Street, ornament, ornamentation, roof, Tas, Tasmania
One of three photographs of domestic roof-top adornments in Lyttleton Street, East Launceston. This one features a cat. Situated on the edge of the roof over-looking the street, it is possible that the cat was in part inspired by the gargoyles that adorn many medieval gothic churches. Although a cat may not seem particularly medieval, especially in comparison to the dragon and sea serpent on other Lyttleton Street roofs, domesticated animals were sometimes portrayed as gargoyles on medieval churches. For example, the fifteenth-century gothic Notre Dame church in Noyers-sur-Serein, Burgundy, France, includes a gargoyle in the shape of a dog.
Dorey, Margaret
2 December 2011
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Dragon roof ornament, Lyttleton Street, East Launceston, Tasmania
domestic architecture, architecture, dragon, dragons, East Launceston, gargoyle, gargoyles, Launceston, Lyttleton Street, ornamentation, ornament, roof, Tas, Tasmania
One of three photographs of domestic roof-top adornments (although the house is now a medical practice) in Lyttleton Street, East Launceston. This one features one of the most popular and enduring images of the medieval period, the winged dragon. Situated on the edge of the roof and looking down towards the street, it is possible that the dragon was in part inspired by the gargoyles that adorn many medieval gothic churches.
Dorey, Margaret
2 December 2011
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Skipton Presbyterian Church of Victoria Detail
Presbyterian, bluestone building, bluestone, gothic, gothic building, building, architecture, architect, gothic revival, exterior, gargoyle, gargoyles, gothic church, church, churches, religion, religious, Christian, Christianity
Hyperlink to an image of Skipton Presbyterian Church in Victoria. Shows a detailed corner of the building. Built in the 19th Century gothic style from bluestone.
Collins, John T.
State Library of Victoria
State Library of Victoria
November 1976
State Library of Victoria
Hyperlink
London Court, Perth, Western Australia
Arcade, architecture, Bernard Evans, bypass, Claude de Bernales, clock, cobblestones, corbels, Elizabethan, gable, gargoyles, Hay Street, heraldic shield, horse, Inter-War Old English style, iron gate, jettying, knight, leadlight windows, London Court, oriel window, pageantry, Perth, portcullis retail, shops, St George, St George cross, St George’s Terrace, timber panelling, tourney, Tudor, WA, weather vanes, Western Australia
Image of London Court in Perth, Western Australia. London Court is an open air retail shopping arcade that runs between St George’s Terrace and Hay Street in the centre of Perth. The building was commissioned in 1936 by WA entrepreneur Claude de Bernales and designed by Melbourne based architect Bernard Evans. It was completed in 1937, when the arcade was opened with a ‘Ye Olde English Fayre’. London Court is distinctive for its Inter-War Old English style of architecture. At each end of the arcade is a three-storey entrance with a Tudor facade, a large wrought iron gate, heraldic shields – many bearing the St George cross – and an oriel window containing a large, decorative clock. Inside the narrow arcade, the Tudor facade continues with extensive half-timbering and timber-panelling on the walls, gabled roofs, leadlight windows and corbelled window boxes. Hand-carvings, gargoyles and crests also adorn the walls, and a number of weather vanes can be seen on the roof.
McEwan, Joanne
12 March 2011
No Copyright
Digital Photograph
"Jokes in Stone", in The Sydney Morning Herald
gargoyle, gargoyles, University of Queensland, University of QLD, Queensland, stone carving, sculpture, medieval sculpture, stone mason, stone masonry, Colin Clark, Theodore Muller, jest, jesting, mummer, mummery
Newspaper article regarding a carving by the sculptor Thomas Muller. The carving is said to bear a resemblance to the economist Colin Clark. By carving the gargoyle-like creature in the image of a public figure, the journalist argues that Muller has revived the 'medieval practice' of caricaturing public figures in gargoyles on buildings.
A Special Correspondent
National Library of Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
9 July 1954
National Library of Australia
Newspaper Article
English
Perth's Skyline Adornments
allegorical decoration, Gothic, Gothic architecture, WA, Western Australia, Perth, Government Printing Office, crown, lion, lion's head, Trinity buildings, Trinity, Hay Street, Murray Street, gargoyles, Saint Andrew, St. Andrew, St Andrew, Perth Literary Institute, Perth Literary Institute building, griffin, gargoyle, spire, spires, griffins
Taken from the West Australian, 15 June 1935, p. 2. Pertains to the aesthetics of the Perth City Skyline, which includes a number of Gothic architectural features, including a griffin, spires and a gargoyle.
Unknown (West Australian)
West Australian
West Australian
15 June 1935
National Library of Australia
Newspaper Article
"Australian War Memorial: Largest Stone Building in the Southern Hemisphere."
ACT, architecture, Australian Capital Territory, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, cloisters, Court of Honour, gargoyles, Hall of Memory, loggia, medieval architecture, memorial, monument, sandstone, stone building, Tower, war, war memorial.
This article from The Canberra Times in 1941 provides an update on the building of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Construction had begun in 1937, and the Memorial was set to be the largest stone building in the southern hemisphere. A description of the memorial is provided, from which it is apparent that some of its features are based on medieval architecture. This includes a row of decorative gargoyles lining the Court of Honour, and the inclusion of loggia and cloisters in the overall design. Cloisters were a common feature of medieval monasteries, while gargoyles were used in gothic architecture to direct water away from buildings.
Unknown
The National Library of Australia: <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2561830" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2561830</a>
The Canberra Times
15 July 1941
National Library of Australia
Newspaper Article
"Harder than Steel"
Architecture, carving, clay, Daily Telegraph building, Fleet Street, gargoyles, London, mason, masonry, medieval cathedrals, medieval methods, modelling, sculptor, sculpture, stone, stonework.
This article from the Canberra Times discusses changing methods of sculpting designs into stone. It distinguishes between recent methods (in 1930) in which designs were modelled onto clay and then copied onto stone or marble by masons, and older medieval methods by which designs were carved directly into the stone. This method, the author claims, was making a comeback, as evidenced by the heads on the Daily Telegraph building in Fleet Street, London.
Unknown.
The National Library of Australia: <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2354231" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2354231</a>
The Canberra Times
24 December 1930, p.5
National Library of Australia