A party of members of the Mount Pleasant Boating Club began work recently on the restoration of the old sod house which has stood beside the Heathcote bridge for more than 60 years. Said to have been built by a stranded sailor, the house was a landmark from the days of the steam trams, but parts of two walls and the huge fireplace and chimney are all that remained in latter years. Some unique and valuable timber which was removed from the house is said to be still in existence, and it is hoped to recover it. Good progress was made by the yachtsmen. As one of them remarked. sod building and thatching were lost arts which they were trying to learn as the work proceeded.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 September 1940, Page 8
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