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Functional object - Wall section, late 1800s

  • Blond wooden upright slats attached to timber horizontal rails, mortar between some of the slats

    Wall section, upright, front view

  • Back of wall section with light coloured mortar between slats

    Upright wall section, rear view

  • A fragile lump of mortar between and infront of the slats

    Close-up of the mortar, from above towards base

  • The mortar is fibrous and the slats are attached with nails.

    Upright section, viewed from the side

  • Rails and spacer block at the rear of the section

    Rear of section, from above at an angle

  • Blond wooden upright slats attached to timber horizontal rails, mortar between some of the slats
  • Back of wall section with light coloured mortar between slats
  • A fragile lump of mortar between and infront of the slats
  • The mortar is fibrous and the slats are attached with nails.
  • Rails and spacer block at the rear of the section

Historical information

This wall section was part of the original Warrnambool Lighthouse Keeper's Assistant's Quarters built in the late 1800s. The frame was found in 2023, when the non-heritage cabinets built in the 1970s were removed as part of conservation works.

Significance

The wall section is significant for being part of the original Warrnambool lighthouse keeper's quarters on the western wall. It is an example of the building materials and methods used in the late 19th and early 20 centuries.

Physical description

Wall frame section; a sample of the original inner western wall frame from the Warrnambool Lighthouse Keeper's Residence, Assistant's Quarters. Vertical timber slates of uneven size are fixed with short flat head metal nails to more substantial upper and lower horizontal rails. There are remnants of a sand and clay-like mortar between and in front of the slats. There are two spacers n the rear of one of the rails, made of timber and fixed with thick square handmade nails; the timber of one is rotting.

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