Farm Building At Entrance To Yard At Hammond'S Farm

The farm building at the entrance to the yard at Hammond's Farm consists of two adjoining granaries, which date back to the 16th century or earlier. The structure features a timber frame set on a stuccoed brick sill, with some original wattle and daub panels still in place and some lath and plaster on the interior. The exterior is dark weatherboarded, and the steeply pitched roofs are now covered with corrugated iron.

These two contemporary buildings, originally two storeys high, are arranged at right angles to each other, facing south and east. The eastern gable of the northern range has a vane, and the north wall features a five-light diamond mullioned window at the upper level. However, the heavy floor beams have been cut away, leaving the tenons and bracketed seatings on the posts visible. There is a similar blocked window in the eastern bay above a door on the south side.

Architectural details include chamfered jowled posts, slender curved braces supporting the tie-beams, and a mid-height rail that is jointed in-line. The slender straight tension braces are cut into the backs of the wall studs, and the wallplate features an edge-halved scarf joint with bridled butts. The roof has inclined queen-struts in a clasped-purlin design.

The western range is structurally separate and retains two bays of heavy floor structure. Its roof has been renewed with inclined queen-posts and squint-butted scarf joints. Notably, the double doors to the southern bay are made from engraved memorial boards that list groups of names from 1918 to 1920. This building represents an unusually extensive granary provision in sophisticated timber-framed construction.