The Moody - Gosset House is a corrugated iron prefab house sent to British Columbia's Colonel Moody in 1859 from the Hemmings Iron Company in England. This house is a very rare example of the easily constructed corrugated iron buildings which were shipped out to gold rush and new frontier towns in the thousands beginning around 1840.
Iron houses were exported to California for the Gold Rush of 1848, and to Australia for the Gold Rush and for fast housing for settlers. In the single year of 1854 it is estimated that more than 30,000 of these house were exported to Australia.Most of these buildings were exported as basic homes, but stores, hotels, churches and rail stations were also shipped from England to be assembled overseas. The majority of this type of prefab building ended with the onset of the Crimean War.
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- A Rare Corrugated Iron House from 1859Moody - Gosset House Front showing the surrounding veranda and the door and french window details
- Heavy Galvanised Corrugated Iron ConstructionFront Door and surrounding corrugated iron sheets of the Moody Gosset House
- Detail of the French Doors - A Main Feature of the 1859 Corrugated Iron House1859 doors in the corrugated iron house.
- Side View of the Moody Gosset HouseSide View of Moody-Gosset House Showing the Configuration of the Side Doors
- French Doors of Moody-Gosset HouseOriginal french doors on the galvanised corrugated iron Moody- Gosset House
- Re creation of the Parlour of Moody Gosset HouseFront parlour of the 1859 Moody Gosset House
- Parlour Interior to Show Scale of Doors and WallsPre 1900's parlour interior of the Moody - Gosset house.
- Kitchen Interior of the Moody-Gosset HouseInterior shot of kitchen of 1859 corrugated iron house, now a museum exhibit
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