Patterns in Wood. Patina Repeated.

I visited what can only be described as the re-construction site of a small, 1860s mansion, located on the nicest historical street in the neighboring town. I say mansion, not in the sense of today's high square-footage McMansions which are usually lacking any interesting design or detail other than sheer volume. This house is a mansion in the 19th century sense of the word, a two-story house in a historic town center,  as formal and Italianate as the period could offer, with ample land (an extra lot to its right) used for a formal garden. Vertical boards in a randomly repeated pattern of three different widths was present on the exterior from new, the effect classic and, while not-quite-Gothic, quite obviously the effort of a talented architect of the day. 


For these photos, I was primarily interested in the original lathe-work uncovered inside, and the existing beams and wear/age patterns. I think I might begin a series of this home's renovation as it progresses, in the artandcolour way, of course.

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All photos are clickable thumbnails to look at these 150+ year old boards and lathes.