Paxton Square Construction

Early Paxton Square Cottages

Construction

             “All cottages are similarly constructed of solid random rubble walls and simple double pitched rafted roofs.  The original roof sheeting of split timber shingles is evident beneath the later (1873) sheeting of corrugated iron.

             Ceilings were originally of whitewashed hessian and later changed to lath and plaster in most rooms.

            Floors appear to be of compacted earth originally but have largely been surfaced with timber boarding or brickwork laid directly over the original earth floor.

             While many cottages have been subject to various minor internal adaptations over the years, most are remarkably intact.”

Ex Paxton Square Cottages Feasibility Study

Lester, Firth & Murton Pty. Ltd. 1979