The owners of 200 Wallace street, the former Tweedie and Weston building, have just completed works on the stone wall supporting the Mackellar Street side.
An historic feature as you enter Braidwood, the wall, which dates from the 1850s had developed a serious lean and required reconstruction. The deterioration, partly due to the drying out through the drought was also threatening the stone post office cottage where it was attached to the side wall. A century ago the Council had also excavated near the building destabilising the footings. A buttress has been constructed to support this and 5.6 m of footings rebuilt.
The 400mm stone wall has been reconstructed with the original stone, using a photograph where the original stone placements were photographed and numbered for the reconstruction.
Rick Cooper from Jerrabutgulla worked on the wall for around three weeks. Originally a carpenter, Cooper has been doing more and more stone work around the district due to demand.
When the problem was apparent, Council and the Heritage office were contacted to establish what could be done. After an engineer's report was done the wall was dismantled, and a DA was quickly approved by Council for work to begin.
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