The granary
THE GRANARY was located at the eastern end of the stables and elevated from the ground by 26 large stump posts that are capped with metal to stop vermin from climbing up and into the grain stores. The elevated stage at the front was previously accessed by a large stump.
The ‘Show Time in the Armidale District’ photograph of the Mitchell family c1895, published in the Sydney Mail on the 29th March 1905, depicts a typical scene at JL Mitchell’s Invergowrie titled Preparing for Judging Day. This photograph was taken from the elevated stage on the granary.
Since restoration in the 1990s by D.E Frazer stairs have been attached. Incredibility each stump has been replaced internally with a steel post and concrete footing. Inside the building an adjustable brace has been used to straighten the slab structure, it is capable of minute adjustment to keep the building in true.
The machinery shed attached to the granary on the southern side housed many pieces of farm equipment, most recently the tractor. Some of the slabs in this part of the building have remnants of wallpaper patterns, possibly from the original slab hut built in 1866 on Blackfellow’s Gully by James Lowe Mitchell.
The ‘Show Time in the Armidale District’ photograph of the Mitchell family c1895, published in the Sydney Mail on the 29th March 1905, depicts a typical scene at JL Mitchell’s Invergowrie titled Preparing for Judging Day. This photograph was taken from the elevated stage on the granary.
Since restoration in the 1990s by D.E Frazer stairs have been attached. Incredibility each stump has been replaced internally with a steel post and concrete footing. Inside the building an adjustable brace has been used to straighten the slab structure, it is capable of minute adjustment to keep the building in true.
The machinery shed attached to the granary on the southern side housed many pieces of farm equipment, most recently the tractor. Some of the slabs in this part of the building have remnants of wallpaper patterns, possibly from the original slab hut built in 1866 on Blackfellow’s Gully by James Lowe Mitchell.