Petersham Road, with weather-boarded cottage
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Petersham Road, with weather-boarded cottage
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 1 Jan 2011
Looking south along Petersham Road. Early photographs show that many buildings in the Richmond area were once weather-boarded - even in Richmond town centre. The building seen here is partly weather-boarded - part (not visible from this angle) is hung with shingles. Weather-boarding became widespread during a period when a tax was levied on bricks (from 1784 to 1850). For another example nearby, see: Image
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Image Location
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51.442442
Longitude
-0.302971