H. R. CARLETON. 



COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES.— Continued. 



CXI. 



DESCRIPTION OF BUILDINGS. 



Tower. 



Quarters. 



ground to floor of lantern, divided into 3 stories, 

 with wood floors, connected by iron ladders. 

 Trie foot of tower enters the ground to a depth 

 of 7J feet, and is bedded in a solid mass of 

 concrete 9 feet deep. 



Situated about 1 mile north of Cape St. George. 

 The tower is 53 feet high from ground to floor 

 of lantern, divided into 3 stories. It is circular 

 in plan, 10 feet diameter inside. Walls 3^ feet 

 thick at base, tapering to 2 feet thick at top. 

 Built of sandstone, dressed both sides, bedded 

 in lime mortar. The floors are of wood, and 

 the internal staircases of iron, with a stone 

 staircase from ground to 1st floor, forming- 

 entrance to tower. The gallery round lantern 

 is also of sandstone, with a wrought iron hand- 

 rail. An oil-store is provided in part of quarters 

 building. 



Situated on Point Perpendicular, Jervis Bay. 

 The Tower is 44 feet 4^ inches high from ground 

 to floor of lantern, divided into 3 stories It is 

 circular in plan, 11 feet 9 inches diameter 

 inside. Walls Sh feet thick at the base, 

 tapering with a concave batter to 2^ feet thick 

 at top. Built of concrete blocks, bedded in 

 cement mortar, the beds being crossed with a 

 cement fillet ; the faces of walling are cemented 

 inside and out ; the floors are of concrete, with 

 tiled surfaces. The internal staircases are also 

 of concrete, with slate treads, and having 

 wrought iron balusters and brass tubular hand- 

 rail. The floor of lantern room is of ironwork. 

 The projecting gallery outside lantern is of 

 trachyte, supported on concrete over sailing 

 cornice and paved with asphalt, and has a 

 trachyte parapet wall. The tower is entered 

 from a lobby, 10 feet x 6 feet, having a tiled 

 floor and outer porch 6 feet square. On each 

 side of lobby are the workroom and store, each 

 18 feet x 15 feet ; the floors paved with asphalt. 

 The roofs of the stores, lobby, and porch are of 

 concrete, flat, supported on roiled iron girders, 

 and paved with Val de Travers asphalt, a door 



rain water tank of 6,000 galls, capacity is 

 provided. 



Quarters were originally provided for the head 

 keeper, and assistant keepers, in a block of 1 

 storey buildings round the tower, which rises 

 from the centre of them, 3 rooms being provided 

 for head keeper, and 2 each for under keepers, 

 inclusive of kitchens. The walls are of sand- 

 stone, dressed both sides. The roof is of stone 

 flagging laid flat, supported on cast iron girders. 

 and covered on top with asphalt. Additional 

 rooms and verandahs have since been added to 

 this block of buildings, and it is now devoted to 

 the use of the 2 under keepers only ; a new 

 weatherboard cottage on hardwood piles, con- 

 taining 7 rooms, being erected for head keeper 

 in 1877. 



Quarters are provided for head keeper in a 

 detached cottage, containing 4 rooms, with 

 kitchen, laundry, and storerooms, also a room 

 for visiting officers ; and quarters for 2 assistant 

 keepers in 2 semi-detached cottages, each 

 containing 4 rooms, with kitchen, laundry, and 

 storerooms. The walls are of concrete blocks, 

 cemented outside, and plastered within. The 

 roofs are covered with red roofing tiles, of the 

 Marseilles pattern. Verandahs, 8 feet wide, are 

 put round all principal fronts, paved with Val 

 de Travers asphalt, and roofed with tiles. 

 Underground rain water tanks, of 6,500 galls, 

 capacity, are provided to each house. A 

 detached workroom is provided, as also is a 

 2-stall stable, a coachhouse, and the usual out 

 offices. The fence, walls, enclosing gardens, 

 &c, are all of concrete blocks, and the yards 

 and pathways to houses and gardens are paved 

 with concrete. 



