
National Trust Of Australia (Tasmania) Franklin House, 413 Hobart Road, Launceston PO Box 711, Launceston 7250 Tel: (03) 6344 6233 • Fax: (03) 6344 4033 Email: nat_trust@vision.net.au Web: www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/nattrust/
Clarendon Homestead via Evandale (27 kms from Launceston) Access via C416 Tel: (03) 6398 6220 Open: daily 10am–5pm (4pm Jun, Jul & Aug). Closed Christmas Day, Good Friday.
Situated on the banks of the South Esk, Clarendon is one of Australia’s great Georgian houses. James Cox, second son of William Cox who pioneered the first road over the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, completed Clarendon in 1838. Enjoy the conservatory tearooms.
Entally House Hadspen (18km from Launceston) Access via Bass Highway 1 & B54 Tel: (03) 6393 6201 Open: daily 10am–4pm. Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day.
Named after a suburb in Calcutta, Thomas Haycock Reibey built ‘Entally’ in 1819. This is the most historic of the Trust houses in Tasmania.
Franklin House Hobart Road, Franklin Village, Launceston Access C402 Tel: (03) 6344 7824 Open: 1 Oct–30 Sept, 1 March Mon–Sat 9am–5pm, 1 April–30 Mon–Sat, Sundays 12 to 4pm. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.
A charming Georgian house built in 1838 for Mr Britton Jones. Authentically furnished during 2004. In 1842 it became the WK Hawkes School for Boys. An outstanding feature of the interior is the woodwork, all from NSW cedar.
Home Hill 77 Middle Road, Devonport Tel: (03) 6424 8055 Open: May 1–December 31 Tue–Thu & Sun 2pm–4pm, Sat 12–4pm. Jan 1–April 30, Tue Thurs, Sat 12–4pm, Wed & Sun 2–4. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.
The former Australian Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons, and Dame Enid Lyons built Home Hill in 1916. The house is as Dame Enid left it and contains many interesting and historic mementos.
Oak Lodge 18 Bridge Street, Richmond Tel: (03) 6344 6233
A beautiful Georgian three-storeyed ashlar dwelling with a lovely fan light over the entry door and convict paved ‘cobbled’ garden paths with two substantial oak trees in the front garden.
Old Umbrella Shop 60 George Street, Launceston Tel: (03) 6331 9248 Open: Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat 9am–12noon. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday
Constructed in the 1860s in a transitional early Victorian style and built entirely of Tasmanian Blackwood, the Shop is the last genuine period shop in Tasmania. Umbrellas were manufactured and sold at the shop from the turn of the century. Umbrellas used during the last 100 years are on display.
Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site Cnr Brisbane and Campbell Streets, Hobart Tel: (03) 6231 0911 Open: Guided tours daily between 10am, 11.30am, 1.00pm and 2.30pm. Ghost tours 8pm, phone 0417 361 392 for bookings. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.
Construction began in 1831, to the design of famous colonial architect John Lee Archer, as the Chapel for the adjacent Prisoner’s Barracks.
Runnymede 61 Bay Road, New Town, Hobart Tel: (03) 6278 1269 Open: Mon–Fri 10am–4.30pm, Weekends 12noon–4.30pm. Closed Christmas Day, Good Friday and July. Closed Christmas Day, Good Friday and July.
A colonial house built in 1836 by Robert Pitcairn. Captain Charles Bayley acquired the house in 1864 and named it Runnymede after his favourite ship.
White House Village Green, Westbury Tel: (03) 6393 1171 Open: Tue–Sun 10am–4pm. Closed July and August. Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day.
The house (c.1841) is an excellent example of a Georgian corner shop and residence. It houses a fine collection of Staffordshire china and icons, vintage cars and bicycles, and a toy collection.
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