St Vincent'S Works Factory

St Vincent's Works Factory is a pair of attached factory sheds built in 1891, possibly designed by T.R. Lysaght for J. Lysaght. The factory is constructed from Pennant rubble with limestone dressings and features a corrugated asbestos roof. The sheds are open plan and rectangular in shape, designed in the Romanesque Revival style. Each shed has three-storey end gables with a six-window range. The parallel sheds have their northwest gable obscured by St Vincent's office. The gables feature broad pilasters on the sides and center, a blind ground floor, and windows set in recessed panels topped with corbel-tables. The windows, which have glazing bars and linked hoodmoulds, are arranged in groups of three on either side of the central pilaster, with their height decreasing on the second storey in line with the roof. To the left of the center, there is a large Pennant arched entrance. The Silverthorne Road elevation also has broad pilasters separating groups of three arched windows, similar to the front. Inside, there are Bath stone pillars. Historically, T.R. Lysaght was briefly a partner of W.B. Gingell, and the sheds reflect some of Gingell's arcuated industrial style. The factory was originally a galvanizing works with a timber-framed roof and massive Bath stone piers that had hollow lead-lined cores to protect against the sulphuric acid in the atmosphere.