 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1815 -
Description: This building situated on the Rosny Public Golf course has been described as the oldest building in Tasmania. It is a large stone barn with restored shingle roof and double doors on 2 sides; built from bluestone with sandstone corners and doorways with shell mortar. Twelve vertical slots in the walls near the timber gutter allowed for ventilation. It was built for land owner Richard Morgan. Richard Morgan featured in Colleen McCulloch's book Morgan's Run. He was the first farmer at Kangaroo Bay and one of the recipients of land grants on the Eastern Shore. The barn is listed on the Australian Heritage Places Inventory. See their web site [www.heritage.gov.au] for details. Format: Monuments and historical sites Object: barns Titles: Rosny Barn Subjects: barns; buildings, structures & establishments People/Orgs: Morgan, Richard Places: Rosny Farm, Kangaroo Bay, Van Diemen's Land Institution: Rosny Historic Centre Object number: RHC_00001 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Rosny Historic Centre. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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