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change shed is in the area of the former Mess Yard.

Section 3: The Place

Authorised Version F2016L01891 registered 09/12/2016

Jean Rice Architect | CONTEXT | GML Heritage

H Kingston Pier (Landing Place Ridge)

After 1825 ramps were cut into the reef to land—these may be under the pier. The current ramp has been
rebuilt often and its east wall is comprised of cut stones in an irregular pattern, the fill is rubble and the
surface is now concrete. The restored flaghouse was to store different pennants used for signalling
shipping, and the adjacent buildings were privies. The flagstaffs were on the hill to the west.

Kingston Pier

This substantial engineering structure is constructed in a gentle curve with external stonework and rubble
fill. One of two sets of stone stairs remains. The pier was repaired after World War II damage and again in
2006 with modern materials, including sheet steel piles and concrete. Goods are still transferred from
moored ships into small boats or lighters and brought ashore. The lighters are stored in the boat sheds.

The Seawalls

East of the pier is a stone seawall along the whole foreshore. There are attached structures including the
remains of a roadway (at the east end on the seaward side) made of rubble with a hardened surface. In
1943 the wall was breached to take stores off the Ronaki shipwreck. The wall was repaired in the early
1950s and subsequently. Some repairs use stone from buildings, including dressed sills with bar holes.

Boatsheds & Workshops

The calcarenite walls of the Double Boat Shed were constructed c1841 on the First Colonial Settlement
1788-1814 remains. There were several changes in roof configuration after 1856. The timber shingle roof
has now been reconstructed and additions removed. The exterior of the Single Boatshed, the former
Police Office, has been restored to its 1890s configuration. The Blacksmith's compound is now used as a
workshop and timber store.

The Pier Store and Crankmill

The 1825 Pier Store is a two-storey stone building which was originally designed as a Commissariat
Store. Yet the building was prone to flood, so when the new store was built it was converted for milling
with the installation of handmills. In 1841 it was converted to a Guardroom and the verandah was added
for surveillance. The internal timber stairs and flooring are recent and today it is used as a museum.

The Crankmill is a pair to the Pier Store and originally housed a human-powered mill for grinding grain.
Sections of the Crankmill machinery are in the museum. In the mid-twentieth century, the Crankmill was
used by a whaling company as a boatshed and boiling down works, and the wide opening in the