Sled House

Description
Relocatable building known as the 'Sled House'.
Rectangular timber frame building with a wooden sled blades running under the length sides. The external is finished with timber cladding and a corrugated iron roof, laid over a pre-dating shingle roof. A 'Z'-frame door at one end, with two light double hung windows along the right hand side and a large fireplace, fitted with fireplace surround but no mantle, positioned mid-way along the left hand side wall. The interior of the house is divided at about three-quarters distance with a panelled timber partition and door. Exposed beams without a ceiling.
The interior features the original light blue/green/grey lead based paint.

New Zealand Historic Places Trust, Historic PLace Category 2, record number 3521, allocated 5 April 1984.

.1 Building
.2 Building components/fragments (cork and timber, found in loft area.)
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Description
Relocatable building known as the 'Sled House'.
Rectangular timber frame building with a wooden sled blades running under the length sides. The external is finished with timber cladding and a corrugated iron roof, laid over a pre-dating shingle roof. A 'Z'-frame door at one end, with two light double hung windows along the right hand side and a large fireplace, fitted with fireplace surround but no mantle, positioned mid-way along the left hand side wall. The interior of the house is divided at about three-quarters distance with a panelled timber partition and door. Exposed beams without a ceiling.
The interior features the original light blue/green/grey lead based paint.

New Zealand Historic Places Trust, Historic PLace Category 2, record number 3521, allocated 5 April 1984.

.1 Building
.2 Building components/fragments (cork and timber, found in loft area.)
Production date
1870s
Measurements
Height: 4590mm: 1 - Building
Width: 3800mm: 1 - Building
Length: 6200mm: 1 - Building
Subject event
Subject date
1870s
ID number
15885

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