Fencing in Millthorpe.

Heritage character comes first.

Millthorpe’s heritage streetscape is the reason people love living here, and a front fence that gets the look wrong stands out for all the wrong reasons. Much of the village sits within a heritage conservation area, so front fence style and height can be controlled. For period cottages we build traditional timber picket and paling fences sized and spaced to suit the era and the street, and we check the Blayney Shire and relevant council heritage controls before quoting a front fence so the design is sympathetic and compliant. Out the back, where it is not seen from the street, a Colorbond boundary gives the low- maintenance privacy most owners want.

Cold-climate ground.

Millthorpe sits in the same high, cold band as Orange, with hard frosts and the occasional snow. The footing is what makes a fence last here. We concrete posts deep below the frost-affected zone and step up the footing on the reactive clay, so the fence stays plumb through the freeze-thaw rather than leaning by year three. For a heritage timber fence that is doubly important, because a leaning period fence looks worse than a leaning modern one.

Typical Millthorpe jobs.

• Heritage-style timber picket and paling front fences
• Colorbond rear and side boundaries on village blocks
• Cottage-garden and laneway timber fencing
• Post-and-rail and stock fencing on the surrounding lifestyle blocks
• Restoration-style replacement of failed period fences

Sharing the cost.

A boundary fence in Millthorpe is normally shared with the neighbour under the NSW Dividing Fences Act 1991. We supply a written quote you can attach to a Fencing Notice for the adjoining owner. Indicative rates are on the pricing page.