Grain House Farmhouse

Grain House Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse built in the 18th century and early 19th century. It is constructed of brick with a concrete tile roof and brick stacks. The early 19th-century facade is rendered and features channelled rustication on the ground floor. The building has an L-shaped plan, with a two-storey main section and a one-and-a-half storey extension to the left. The facade has two 16-paned sash windows on the first floor, which originally had moulded architraves, and a central part-glazed front door flanked by French windows with glazing bars. A three-bay wrought-iron verandah extends across the front. The extension has dentil decoration at the eaves and an extension at the rear right. The facade previously included a moulded cornice.

Inside, the room at the front left of the main body retains a remarkable series of early 19th-century wall paintings. These decorations depict fictive easel paintings set within gilded frames, created in an illusionistic style against a now-discoloured pink background, with a decorative border around each painting. The easel painting on the north-west wall shows an urn of flowers, while the principal fictive painting on the north-east wall depicts a landscape with figures, flanked by two smaller landscapes. Another easel painting on the south-east wall is present but too damaged to identify. The ceiling features a decoration of blue sky and clouds within a border. There are virtually no comparable examples of such domestic decoration of this type and date, as these "deception pieces" are more commonly found in early 19th-century American houses.