[Leica] Garret Island House C. 1750-60

[CartersXRd]

PS: there is a waste brick pile within a few yards the house which featured an absolutely striking millstone

that pile makes me more sure that the house has been in the same location.


ric



> On Jan 13, 2021, at 11:33 AM, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> I have not heard anything of its having been moved, so I suspect that the original brick foundation was replaced in place as it failed. Stone does not exist here, so brick would have been the foundation of choice of for a nice home. The poor would have used stump sized wood, often tree cross sections.
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> Any stone here is imported. The town I live in has several walls/fences, but rarely buildings of stone. These were cast off ballast from visiting merchant ships.
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> ric
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>> On Jan 13, 2021, at 10:42 AM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> I notice that concrete building blocks serve as pillars, and I wouldn’t think their « invention » is as old as the house itself. The bricks though, attest of much older established.
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