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| FRONT OF STAFFORDSHIRE HOUSE |
OK......so this
is one of those places that is so much a part of central Launceston
that I've sort of overlooked it.........I bet I'm not the only one
who didn't know the name of this pink building, nor what was inside
(someone did venture to guess that as they had never seen anyone
coming or going in daylight hours, that vampires were a possibility.)
The plaque
helpfully placed on the building by by the council and National Trust
(I would love it if there were more of these) reads “Staffordshire
House - Regency Style - built in 1833 as a warehouse-building-shop,
the only example in Australia extant. Office of Cornwall Chronicle.
Early site of Scotch College. Purchased by National Trust, with help
of City Council in 1966, and restored.”
In the late
1890s, Staffordshire House was home to Jackson's locksmiths. It is
no longer owned by the National Trust
Today, the ground
floor of 56 Charles Street houses the Andrew Inglis Clark Law
Library. Someone else has done the hard work before me in finding
more information about the building so rather than re-invent the
wheel, I'd suggest you look at
http://matthewbirrell.tripod.com/pg000008.htm
to find out more.
