Cobblers Peg
The Woodshed near the entrance to the property on St Albans road is the original homestead on the property. Halifax used it for hewing wood and carving when he was constructing the main house.
The simple two story wooden house has seen better days, but it once housed a family,
and before that was used to treat animal skins.
On old maps you will see this house, or more likely this corner of the property, referred to as
Cobblers Peg. This is a plant that has seeds with tiny hooks like those used by cobblers when
making shoes. We presume they used to proliferate in this patch.
Recently the house has been used as a work shed, and a storage place for the St Albans Writers' Festival props and beekeeping materials. A series of beehives are in the back garden among some jacarandas.
