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National Dairy Co-Operative Museum — Pike Street

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National Dairy Co-Operative Museum — Pike Street
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Detached single-bay single-storey gable-fronted former creamery, dated 1889, having five-bay side (north-east) elevation and two-bay single-storey gable-fronted addition to side (south-west). Now in use as a museum. Pitched slate roof with recent cast-iron chimneystack and rendered rubble stone eaves course. Pitched bitumen roof with rendered eaves course to addition. Rubble stone walls throughout with roughly dressed limestone quoins. Tooled limestone date and commemorative plaques to side (south-west) elevation. Cast-iron water tank to side (north-east) elevation on steel supports. Cast-iron bracing plates to side (south-west) elevation. Camber-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills throughout, having dressed rubble stone voussoirs and replacement timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills to rear elevation and side (north-west) elevation of addition, having rubble stone voussoirs and replacement timber casement windows. Camber-headed door openings throughout. Tooled limestone block-and-start surround and voussoirs to front elevation, having stepped approach and double-leaf timber battened doors surmounted by tripartite overlight. Rubble stone voussoirs and replacement double-leaf timber battened doors surmounted to side (north-east) elevation. Timber battened door surmounted by single-pane overlight to side (south-west) elevation. Rubble stone voussoirs and timber battened door to side (south-east) elevation of addition. Square-headed door openings with rubble stone voussoirs to side (north-west) elevation of addition, having glazed timber door flanked by multiple-pane sidelights.

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