LAFAYETTE CAFE BAR Heritage

🏭 Heritage-listed building

Built: c.1895 · NIAH rating: Regional

The Gothic baronial style and prominent siting of this building makes it one of the most eye-catching in this part of the city. It was built to designs by J.J. O’Callaghan for the London & Lancashire Insurance Company, to which the lettering on the west elevation refers. John Purcell, named on the north elevation as a specialist importer of cigarettes and tobacco, presumably also paid in part for the building’s design. Not well appreciated when first built, it was known locally as “O’Callaghan’s Chance”. Its imposing scale, asymmetrical form and elaborate carved stone detailing, which is testament to the artisanship involved in its construction, make it a striking presence on the streetscape.

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