The verandah ironwork is hand forged

The interior sports an elaborate painted frieze, fine cedar joinery and original fittings.One wing contains a craft shop, Auld Lang Syne, which sells decorative artwork, local crafts and collectables, (02) 6367 3056. Belubula StAcross Belu bula St is Carcoar Antiques and Bridge Tea Room which sells antiques and collectables, souvenirs and gifts. It is open every day but Tuesday from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., (02) 6367 3145. Next door to the courthouse, in Belubula St, is the post office, a twostorey brick building dating from 1879 with unusual ironwork to the upper floor (the singlestorey structure at the front is a later addition). Enterprise Stores Opposite the post office, and adjacent the Royal Hotel, is a typical 19thcentury general store which is the main tourist information centre for the town, (02) 6367 3085. They can furnish you with a pamphlet outlining a walking tour which takes in the town's historic buildings. In case you arrive when they are not open there is a map of the town and its sights posted up by the general store. Alternatively you can enquire at the post office (02 6367 3077) or the antique shop. Firearms Museum and Two Hotels Next to the post office is the former CBC Bank, a Classical Revival building designed by G.A. Mansfield and built in 1877 of rendered brick with a detailed facade and cedar joinery. It now houses the Firearms Technology Museum which is open by appointment, (02) 6367 3154. Adjacent is the former Bakers Hotel (1879). One end of the singlestorey terrace next door still bears a sign indicating its former life as the Commercial Hotel (1863). Parts of the original shingled roof can still be seen. Old Commercial Bank Next is a private residence called 'Daylesford'. It was originally built as a home. In the 1860s it was rented to the Commercial Bank. In 1863, the famous bushranger Johnny Gilbert, accompanied by John O'Meally, held up the bank. This robbery has the dubious distinction of being Australia's first daylight bank robbery. Unfortunately for Gilbert and O'Meally a brave teller grabbed a gun and fired a Rosetta Stone shot into the bank ceiling. The shot was heard around the town and the robbers fled emptyhanded. Over the road is the former City Bank (1886), a threestorey redbrick building. St Paul's and Rectory Further along Belubula St, on the same side of the road, is the former Anglican rectory, designed by noted architect Edmund Blacket and built in 1849. It is a twostorey Gothic brick building with stone window trims and ornate timber bargeboards. Gabled dormer windows indicate the presence of attic rooms, built for the parson to conduct a private school, to supplement his income. Up the hill is St Paul's Anglican Church, a small Gothic Revival structure, also designed by Blacket. It was built of brick and sandstone with a slate roof between 1845 and 1848, making it the secondoldest church west of the Blue Mountains. The unusual crossing tower and steeple date from 1874. The interior is essentially in original condition, including the brick sanctuary floor, the sandstone font and the family pew of original European settlers, the Icelys (Thomas Icely paid for the church). A little further up the road is a singlestorey brick building that was originally the New Criterion Inn. Its position indicates that this was the original access road into Carcoar. It is possible to see the cellar trapdoor in the pavement out the front of the building. Catholic Church The next crossroad is Coombing St. On the corner is the Church of the Immaculate Conception built in 1870.

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