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Who built this barn?

Photo courtesy Jason DUFFILOswald Friedrich FAEHRMANN b 1883, in a 31 minute long, taped interview in his home on 17 November 1975  with Lothar BRASSE said this about his grandfather Johann Friedrich Carl FAEHRMANN  1823-1896."You wouldn’t believe what that man done in the mill. You can’t believe it. Up here, Gethings, that used to belong to Gethings up here, and if you go around the bend, there’s a great turn, runs into your right. Well, that place and I love you to see that shed that he built there. All that thick wood like that and it’s still there good as gold."

Authors Note: This photograph on the right is taken from a Reg BUTLER book 'Lean Times and Lively Days Hahndorf Primary School 1879-1979' page 236.  Amalie GRELL is Veronica Agnes Amalie GRELL b1886 Hahndorf & she married Oswald Friedrich FAEHRMANN 14 July 1908. 

Summary:

This article includes:

1. Photographs taken by Heather PETTY in 2024
2. Architecture & construction details by Lothar BRASSE 2024

Heather PETTY Photography  - June 2024

Heather PETTY is a descendant of the Danish family Catherine PAULSEN & Marcus HENNINGSEN who arrived on the Ship Procida in 1884 & settled in Hahndorf.  Fellow passengers included the family of Hans HEYSEN.  Heather's Uncle Charles Thomas Alfred PETTY married Ottielie PAECH whose ancestors were on the Ship Zebra and established the community of Paechtown.  Heather is an Adelaide photographer whose artistic journey spans countries & genres and who has evolved from a travel and documentary photographer to focus on experimental and fine art photography.  Dividing her time between top-side and underwater photography, Heather's artistic vision draws inspiration from photographers including David McMillan, Richard Misrach, Edward Burtynski, and Gregory Crewdson.  Some of her work also reflects influences form the New Topographic tradition and other photographers such as Masumi Hayashi and Narelle Autio.  As a founding member of the Photographic Imagery Collective [PIC] in Adelaide, Heather collaborates to help foster a vibrant photographic arts community in South Australia.  Her photographic work has garnered recognition through various exhibitions and publications.  In 2016, she was awarded the Wudinna and Districts Art Prize.  Through her diverse body of work, Heather continues to push the boundaries of photographic expression, combining technical expertise with artistic innovation to create compelling visual narratives.

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An explaination of the architecture & construction details by Lothar BRASSE 2024

Facing West:  Standing in a position directly opposite this rear entry to the barn will find you looking due west.  

Roof:   Gabled roof, approx pitch 45 degrees, originally with timber shingles, of local Stringy Bark.  Shingles require battons every 8" [ 20.3cms],  corrugated iron has replaced the shingles.  Collar tie & beamed truss system

The barn is a square:  9.5 m x 9.5 m with a 2.3 m wide lean to along the eastern length.

The front double doors face immediately west.

Flooring

• No subfloor ventilation
• Red Gum floor planks had wooden dowels holding them together
• Pre drilled hole
• 285 x 65 laid on cours sand, dowelled to bearers at approx 1000cc also bedded on coarse sand

Walls

• Typical half-timbered with top & bottom plates, posts, braces and intermediate horizontal rails.
• Panels were filled with wattle & daub around staves
• Bricks & stones were inserted to select areas.

Bent braces

Staves

• 10 vertical staves to every panel
• Top holes
• Bottom groove
• Sharp on both ends
• Put top stave in and then jam in the bottom 
• & knock it along.

Mezzanine Floor

• Above the southern area.