I find it interesting that they used rough finished bricks for most of the facade then finished the decorative elements with smooth bricks.
I wonder if the portholes on either side of the parapret were ever windows?
Church of St James, Avebury, War Memorial
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Plain glass might look a bit odd in the portholes, but ummm,not sure, some kind of glass would have worked well. I'd like to think that the windows were boarded up later with fibro, but probably not.
ReplyDeletePerhaps frosted glass with a gazelle or a ship or something. That could work.
ReplyDeleteIt is an unusual church hall, possibly as you say because of the rough finished bricks and the blank portholes. But perhaps the entire hall wasn't rebuilt... just a new facade was added on. Is the main entrance to the hall that small door on the left?
ReplyDeleteIt does look like it could be a facade put onto an older building. We were passing through so I didn't get a chance to investigate the building, just snap a picture. I didn't notice the foundation stone until I looked back at the photo otherwise I would have got some details from it.
ReplyDeleteIt's a strange building in that I reckon bits have been added onto it over the years. The front entrance area I would say has been added onto at a later date from the Art Deco styling that is just behind and reaches 2 levels. The textured brick work is common around Tasmania and was used in both commercial and residential design a lot. And a lot of the time it wasn't painted, just revealing the raw brick work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Thomas for bringing some Tasmanian expertise to the subject. Maybe you'll get a chance to have a look first hand and give us a better update.
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