Demonstration: a lost building rebuilds itself

Demonstration All reconstructions

Watch it rebuild itself, then walk through what no longer exists.

A self-contained demonstration of the reconstruction montage. The layers below are illustrative, not a real record.

A reconstruction is one informed reading of the evidence, assembled for interpretation. It is not a claim about the original's exact appearance.

Site survey: the footprint that remains 1 Walls raised from the evidence 2 Openings and the upper storey 3 Roof and structure 4 Archival photograph: the building in use 5 Full interpretive render 6

In a live reconstruction this is where the "Walk through it" button takes you into the walkable 3D twin. No walkable space exists on this site yet, so the button is unavailable in this demonstration.

Show the rebuild stages as a list
  1. c. 1905
    Site survey: the footprint that remains
    Faint ruin outline traced from the surviving foundations and a measured ground plan.
  2. c. 1912
    Walls raised from the evidence
    Wall lines reconstructed from the footprint, archival elevations and comparable structures of the period.
  3. c. 1920
    Openings and the upper storey
    Doors, windows and the second storey placed from photographs and the surveyed wall heights.
  4. c. 1928
    Roof and structure
    The roofline and structural frame inferred from period building practice and one surviving gable photograph.
  5. 1931
    Archival photograph: the building in use
    A dated archival-style frame showing the structure as it stood, used to check the reconstruction.
  6. Reconstruction
    Full interpretive render
    The completed virtual reconstruction, ready to walk through. One informed reading of the evidence.