House Ruin At Butler's Swamp
c. 1950Remaining walls of a white stone house with low verandah wall. The central doorway is flanked by window openings and remains of a chimney is visible on the right. In front and to the left of the house is a trellis of bush timber and a light pole. There is rough grass and clumps of sedge in the foreground and behind the house is a wooded slope.
Briggs family house at the foot of Gloucester Road, Claremont. Since demolished. This photograph, with many others, was passed into the museum collection on the retirement of the Town Clerk, Mr Jeffries. Possibly a cottage built by a Pensioner Guard family in the 1850-1860 period.
Details
Details
Written on the back in blue ink [Old house foot of Gloucester Rd/now demolished./Dec. 1953]
Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 98.122'.
Other items from Claremont Museum
- Butler's Swamp From Alfred Road
- Butler's Swamp During Conversion To Lake Claremont
- Looking South Across Butler's Swamp
- Butler's Swamp From Alfred Road
- Old Roadway Through Butler's Swamp
- Infilling Butler's Swamp To Form Lake Claremont
- Infilling Butler's Swamp To Form Lake Claremont
- Infilling Butler's Swamp To Form Lake Claremont
- Creating A Lake And Golf Course From Butler's Swamp
- Butler's Swamp From Alfred Road During Infill
- View Across Butler's Swamp To Christchurch Showing Stirling Road
- View Across Butler's Swamp To Elliot Road And Claremont Oval
Source: Claremont Museum 98.122
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