The Corinda Collection

Convict built, the Servants Quarters pre-dates the main house and was probably constructed when the site was a convict-run vegetable garden. Blue-stone walls, pit-sawn floor boards and a claw foot bath evoke the charms of yesteryear.

Built as the coach-house and stables for the main house in the 1880's, this charming little building with its original slate roof, antique horse paraphernalia and pressed metal ceilings is the epitome of rustic charm.

In the Gardeners' Cottage heavy oak beams, pit-sawn timbers and richly coloured fabrics together with a very pleasing array of antique furnishings create a cosy and intimate atmosphere. A spa bath is carefully concealed by heavy colonial cedar doors.

The bedroom suite named in his honour in his old home has a magnificent view over Hobart’s river and busy waterfront, with cruise ships arriving almost daily. The antique furniture is largely Tasmanian.

This large, spacious suite has beautiful views from the bay window overlooking the garden and direct views of Mount Wellington. The furniture includes a beautiful Sheraton Revival wardrobe with ample hanging space, big drawers and deep shelves and matching dressing table. Under the bay window you can sit and work at the generous antique table, or relax in a comfortable arm chair with a book The spacious bathroom, entered via a concealed “jib” door features a large jacuzzi.

The full King size bed has a padded linen headboard, deep interior sprung mattress with quilted latex overlay and best quality cotton sheets and pillowcases. The carved antique wardrobe is French, circa 1890. The elegant little lady’s chair is of walnut, with original Victorian hand made needlework. One of the bedside tables is Georgian, of solid mahogany, whilst the other was made locally of Tasmanian oak in about 1930.

The full King size bed has a deep interior sprung mattress with quilted latex overlay and best quality cotton sheets and pillowcases. The furniture in Samuel’s room at Corinda is antique, much of it of local origin. The Gothic wardrobe is of Tasmanian native cedar and dates from about 1870. One of the bedside tables is mahogany, whilst the other, painted with a native fern, is made from Tasmania’s own unique timber, the immensely long lived Huon pine.

The bed is a full king size with deep interior sprung mattress and a quilted latex overlay. The sheets and pillowcases are of finest quality cotton. The antique furniture includes a beautifully figured 150 year old mahogany wardrobe with ample hanging space, big drawers and deep shelves. The antique oval pedestal table is locally made from the native cedar that was Alfred Crisp's principal stock in trade. On the walls is a rare set of antique framed lithographs illustrating the Cries of London – quaint phrases called out by street vendors to advertise their wares in days long gone.

Alfred Basil Crisp, one of Alfred’s sons, was a keen cyclist in the Golden Age of the bicycle. In 1895 he won Melbourne’s Austral Wheel Race, the oldest continuously run track event in the world and still one of the toughest. In later life, as a successful Hobart lawyer, Basil was one of the pioneers of Clifton Beach, founding what is now Tasmania’s premium surfing colony. His room at Corinda features a King size bed with handmade interior sprung mattress, latex overlay and finest quality cotton sheets and pillowcases. Framed period photographs of Basil in his heyday decorate the walls.

Directly overlooking Corinda’s spectacular garden, and almost within touching distance of our 100-year-old Magnolia tree. Decorating the walls in this pretty room is a set of prints dated 1730 depicting the flowers of the four seasons, European style. The Queen size bed has a deep interior sprung mattress with quilted latex overlay. The sheets and pillowcases are of finest quality cotton. Behind a full width screen featuring a medieval garden tapestry design with musicians, birds and flowers, a spacious bathroom offers a walk-in shower with Vintage brass and copper fittings.

Hetty Blain (nee Crisp), Basil’s daughter was Julian’s grandmother and in the 1960’s gave up city life to take over and run a dairy farm just south of Kingston. Sleep Tight! Her room at Corinda features a King size bed with inlaid mahogany headboard. The handmade interior sprung mattress and latex overlay were made for us right here in Hobart by A H Beard, a specialist bedding firm founded 120 years ago. The sheets and pillowcases are of finest quality Egyptian cotton