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The wallpapered manse : the rescue of an endangered house

by Peter Freeman

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An historic Presbyterian manse in the small coastal town of Moruya on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, is researched and restored by leading conservation architect, Peter Freeman. Beautifully produced, The Wallpapered Manse chronicles the events that fashioned the manse, which was built in 1896, and author, Peter Freeman, shares the step-by-step process of this historic building's revival and renewal. This book is also the story of the picturesque town of Moruya, of its river (of the same name), the pre-history of the district and subsequent European settlement.… (more)
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This is a very well written and illustrated story of a historical building in Moruya, NSW, Australia. Its structural is anaylised through the years as it changed by the different occupants. The coloured pictures of the different phases of wallpapering are a delight. ( )
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For a number of years the former Presbyterian manse on the Evans Street ridge had looked derelict and uncared for.
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An historic Presbyterian manse in the small coastal town of Moruya on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, is researched and restored by leading conservation architect, Peter Freeman. Beautifully produced, The Wallpapered Manse chronicles the events that fashioned the manse, which was built in 1896, and author, Peter Freeman, shares the step-by-step process of this historic building's revival and renewal. This book is also the story of the picturesque town of Moruya, of its river (of the same name), the pre-history of the district and subsequent European settlement.

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