The helpful plaque on the front door of this building had an inscription in capital letters – ‘STONE BUILDING’. Wow! Like, there’s stone buildings and stone walls everywhere in Clyde! But anyway, it made me smile. Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand.
This street was our route home to our accommodation from the town centre so we passed this building a few times. Photo above taken by Liz.
Photo below taken by Nigel. ** Click to enlarge **
I was amazed by the massive lintels over the doors and windows. Here is a photo of the front door, taken by Nigel. The door plaque says ‘STONE BUILDING’.
The following shots were taken on our way home after our fascinating evening stroll that I posted about yesterday. Photo below taken by Liz.
Photo below taken by Nigel.
Window detail. Photo taken by Liz.
HISTORY : This building has a varied past, well worth a quick read. There’s an interesting and informative paragraph about it under the heading “12. The Stone Building in Matau Street” on the Promote Dunstan page Walk Around Historic Clyde
Text by Liz, Photos by Liz and Nigel; Exploring Colour (2018)
This is a beautiful building, indeed. I especially love the green wooden door, with its badly peeling paint and what appears to be a small hole for mice to travel in and out, down at the bottom left hand corner. Do you see it?
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Well spotted! Yes, I do see it! I’ve just been looking at the original and its hard to see for sure but I think there may be an inside lining that comes right down and closes the gap. But I adore the idea of a special little mouse entrance!
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I do live history like that 😀😀😀, a little of everything went on in there
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A checkered history! I’m looking forward to the next part of its story whatever that is. It looks a bit forlorn at present.
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At times one has to state the obvious. So simply, yet so on the mark. I like the different sizes and shapes of these stones.
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Thanks for coming by Tanja!
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Hmm… brothel, hotel, mortuary, the bars make it look like a jail!
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Bit of an odd-looking place with an odd history!
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It is indeed a stone building, as the sign clearly states! I was glad to read on your provided link that it is being restored. It does have an interesting, somewhat nebulous history. Thank-you!
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Cheers Ellen! Tonight I’ll be posting a little about gold history.
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Thanks for the link, Liz. Fascinating history. Another place to put on our must stop list next time.
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My pleasure. You’re going to be in for a treat on your “next time”!
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