Stairwell colours built by selectors and graziers

built by selectors and graziers and left behind as the land became unworkable

Dust has settled across the floorboards

earth and debris filling the pit between column bases

Crusher at Ashio

Render peels from the upper walls while bare scrub pushes up at the base

Stairwell colours built by selectors and graziersA multi storey timber stairwell at the Braidwood Hotel, its white painted balustrades and turned balusters wrapping around a central void as the treads descend toward a dark lower landing. Bare timber, peeling render, and water staining mark the walls. Built in 1859 as the Commercial Hotel during the Gold Rush expansion of Wallace Street, the building has operated continuously ever since. Part of the Braidwood Hotel series.