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3he State House= built in an talian style= once hBermudas Darliament since 166 it has been rena Masonic :od%eat the rate o+ one peppercorn pe#hich is collected by the %oFernor in a small cere3he old )tate House also $no#n as the old )ession House= is the oldest buildin% in Bermud

t #as also Bermudas Grst buildin% that #as built #ith all lime stones" 3he buildin%= locate#as earlier the parliament house #here cabinet sessions #ere held re%ularly until 1.1/" 3year= Bermudas capital #as relocated to Hamilton city" And the stran%e part is= this entire%iFen a#ay on a rent to )cottish &reemasons +or a paltry amount o+ 1 peppercorn per yearelaborate Deppercorn Ceremony is held in the historic to#n o+ )t" eor%e at in%s )quareoccasion eFery year in late April"

3urtle oil and lime haFe been used as mortars to bind the limestone bloc$s o+ the buildin%then oFernor Iathaniel Butler +elt that Bermuda en,oyed the same latitude and hence simtaly= and there+ore the buildin% should be o+ talian architecture" His idea #as to setup a tBermudian home and buildin% style"

As a result= this 5at roo+ed buildin% #as built as the parliament house" )tones #ere used mo+ +ortiGcations" Ho#eFer in reality= Bermudas #eather and that o+ taly diJer Fastly" 3hererain +all in Bermuda" )o the 5at roo+ started becomin% a bi% problem due to #ater clo%%in%sur+ace= #hich +requently resulted into #ater seepa%e throu%h the porous limestone bloc$

)ubsequent Bermudian buildin%s did not +ollo# this 5at roo+ architecture +or obFious reasobecame popular #ere the an%led limestone roo+s that directed the rain #ater to the %utterthe #ater tan$s" n Bermuda= there is scarcity o+ +resh #ater and there+ore this is the only Bermudian +amilies store #ater" And the limestone on the roo+s act as Glters to proFide cle

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The 9ld Rectory3his charmin% old Bermuda cotta%e #as built byeor%e ;e# in about 1*= and later became tho+ Darson Richardson= nic$named L3he :ittle Bishhence its name" 3he house sho#s seFeral uniquearchitectural +eatures o+ the period includin% #earms stairs and #indo#s positioned hi%h under teaFes"