22, Church Street

LAUNCESTON

SX3284 CHURCH STREET 660-1/4/45 (West side) No.22

GV II

Warehouse. c1870, inscribed "Hayman's Pianoforte Warehouse". Dressed granite and freestone to shop front, red brick and stucco above; very steep rag slate hip to front of roof over bracketed eaves cornice, otherwise not visible; cast-iron ogee gutter. Deep irregular plan on front part of triangular site between Church Street and High Street. Venetian Gothic style. 3 storeys; 3-bay front with round arches to lower floors. 2nd floor has arcade of 6 shouldered arches and original transomed lights over deep moulded sill cornice as shallow balcony with projecting iron balustrade; 1st floor with moulded arches over acanthus impost cornices; 6-pane 2-lights casement on left, otherwise 2-pane casements, all with plain fanlights over transomes enriched with balls. Ground floor has 2-light double shop front with moulded arches with hoods and tall keyblocks linked to stone fascia with moulded cornices and large end stops; central doorway flanked by polished marble columns with near Corinthian caps and granite end pilasters with similar caps. Late C20 doors. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX3319284614