History
ASSEMBLAGE BED AND BREAKFAST
A Unique Experience
Extract from Heritage Tasmania website: "The former New Town Post Office and Telegraph building is an asymmetrical, two storey, brick building with a corrugated iron hipped roof, boxed eaves, cornices, grouped windows and tall chimneys with moulded tops."
ASSEMBLAGE BED AND BREAKFAST
A Unique Experience
Extract from Heritage Tasmania website: "The former New Town Post Office and Telegraph building is an asymmetrical, two storey, brick building with a corrugated iron hipped roof, boxed eaves, cornices, grouped windows and tall chimneys with moulded tops."
Criteria for Heritage listing:
The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of place in Tasmania’s history.
The old Post Office is of historic heritage significance because of its ability to demonstrate the principal characteristics of a two storey, brick Federation Free Style commercial building.
The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social or spiritual reasons.
This building is of historic heritage significance because its townscape associations are regarded as important to the community's sense of place.
The place has a special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in Tasmania’s history.
This building is of historic heritage significance for its associations with prominent Government architect WW Eldridge.
Circa 1891
In 1890 the government built a new post and telegraph office replacing the original building built in 1842. In 1970 a new smaller modern post office, now the Cat Clinic was built further along New Town Road. The grand old 1891 building has since housed a variety of businesses including a boot maker’s shop, The Savings Bank of Tasmania, The Hospitality Association of Tasmania, IPM Workplace Safety, a number of health professionals, a gift shop, an art gallery and a café.
The rear brick building was constructed in 1923 as a sorting room for the post office. It was also home at one stage to all of the Australia Post bicycles. This beautiful, large light filled space was for a number of years a training room and is now a studio space.
