Newlands. Framing the Roof.
(11) Bond brick and slab work to pisé walls by driving iron spikes into the latter every few courses at joint level and bedding in.
(12) Colour-wash walls with tallow lime-whiting tinted with ochre. Provide 2 ft. skirting of pitch, applied hot, to form base-course round exterior of building.
Newlands. An Interior, showing Fire-brick Hearth Fire.
N.B.—The exterior of the walls of the Newlands Corner house have been finished in several different ways with a view to determining the most durable and economical form of epidermis.
A trial pisé-building adjoining has stood for four years without any external protection whatever. It has suffered no damage and grows continually harder. For the sake of appearances, however, and for the better preservation of the wall from chance injury whilst still “green,” a coating of some sort may be deemed necessary.
A Swedish Contribution