Building [Sgt. Quinlan's Fencible Cottage]
Production date
1848
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Object detail
Accession number
1964.128
Production period
Description
Sergeant Quinlan's cottage has 2 small rooms downstairs and a large attic upstairs. It was originally built in Ireland Road, Panmure. This is a single unit Fencible cottage, and has more room than the double unit cottages that were built for the ordinary soldiers.
There is a midline chimney with an open fireplace on either side, one for each of the downstairs rooms. There are only 2 sash windows downstairs and 2 at each end of the attic. The narrow, steep staircase leading to the attic is visible through the mirror in the living room.Outside, the roof is covered with wooden shingles; and the gutters and down-pipes are also wooden.
These Fencible cottages were not fitted with any taps, tubs or conveniences of any kind.
There is a midline chimney with an open fireplace on either side, one for each of the downstairs rooms. There are only 2 sash windows downstairs and 2 at each end of the attic. The narrow, steep staircase leading to the attic is visible through the mirror in the living room.Outside, the roof is covered with wooden shingles; and the gutters and down-pipes are also wooden.
These Fencible cottages were not fitted with any taps, tubs or conveniences of any kind.
Brief History
This Fencible cottage was moved to MOTAT in 1964 from Ireland Road in Panmure and is one of the earliest objects in the collection. It was constructed some time between September 1848, when tenders were called for carpentry and joinery work for the construction of officers’ quarters at Panmure, and November 1850 when it was recorded that 70 out of 75 allotments had been allocated and cultivated, with 70 cottages complete and only six still under construction.
The Royal New Zealand Fencibles were retired soldiers, often referred to as military pensioners, who were brought to Auckland from England and Ireland between 1847 and 1852 to form a military reserve. Over that period of six years, ten ships carried a total of 3,276 Fencible immigrants to New Zealand. The immigrants consisted of 724 pensioners, 632 wives and 1,920 children.
This cottage belonged to Sergeant Patrick Quinlan, an Irishman who came to New Zealand on the ship Clifton with his wife Mary (nee Quin) and four children in 1848. Being a sergeant, he was entitled to a single cottage, rather than a half which would have been a tight squeeze for six people.
Quinlan’s Cottage is a typical example of that provided for a sergeant of the Fencible
Corps in the late 1840s. The ground floor of a sergeant’s single unit cottage would
normally comprise two rooms, one housing kitchen and living functions and the other
would serve as a bedroom. As was common for the Fencible cottages, the attic in
Quinlan Cottage was used as a sleeping loft.
The Royal New Zealand Fencibles were retired soldiers, often referred to as military pensioners, who were brought to Auckland from England and Ireland between 1847 and 1852 to form a military reserve. Over that period of six years, ten ships carried a total of 3,276 Fencible immigrants to New Zealand. The immigrants consisted of 724 pensioners, 632 wives and 1,920 children.
This cottage belonged to Sergeant Patrick Quinlan, an Irishman who came to New Zealand on the ship Clifton with his wife Mary (nee Quin) and four children in 1848. Being a sergeant, he was entitled to a single cottage, rather than a half which would have been a tight squeeze for six people.
Quinlan’s Cottage is a typical example of that provided for a sergeant of the Fencible
Corps in the late 1840s. The ground floor of a sergeant’s single unit cottage would
normally comprise two rooms, one housing kitchen and living functions and the other
would serve as a bedroom. As was common for the Fencible cottages, the attic in
Quinlan Cottage was used as a sleeping loft.
Media/Materials
Collection
Credit Line
1848. Building [Sgt. Quinlan's Fencible Cottage], 1964.128. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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