Tower Road is a relatively mundane street which contains a few buildings with an interesting and colourful history.
On the Heritage Register are the following places.
1 Tower Road: The Towers.
37 Tower Road: Swanston House & Stables (Former New Town Park) and significant garden.
29 Tower Rd: Significant tree: Canary Is. Date Palm.
40 Tower Rd: Significant tree: Norfolk Island pine.
The Towers
1845: William Rout erected the Towers. He lived in the house.
William Rout: Ran an ironmongering business on corner of Elizabeth and Bathurst Streets.
Director of Bank of Van Diemens Land.
Director of Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company.
Foundation member of Australian League which aimed to end transportation of convicts.
Active member of Hobart’s Ragged Schools which aimed to educate neglected children.
1868: William Rout dies. Bequeathed the property to his son.
1914: The Rout family sells the property.
Today: private residence.
New Town Park House
1804: Thomas Hayes was a free settler with Ltn. Collins’s expedition.
1805: Ltn. Collins gave him 100 acres of land which Hayes called Prospect Farm.
1820s: Land purchased by Bartholomew Broughton.
1832: Charles Swanston bought the property which he renamed New Town Park. In 1835 he formed the Port Philip Association which supported John Batman’s attempts to graze in Victoria. Swanston Street in Melbourne and Hobart are both named after him.
1830s: New Town Park House was built.
1840s: Swanston financially ruined.
Today: The house is within the Catholic Care Tasmania complex.
Wilmslow Avenue
Migrant Workers Houses
After the Second World War, the State Government through the Agricultural Bank built 16 home units to accommodate master builders who emigrated from the United Kingdom. They were regarded as temporary dwellings.
On the Heritage Register are the following places.
1 Tower Road: The Towers.
37 Tower Road: Swanston House & Stables (Former New Town Park) and significant garden.
29 Tower Rd: Significant tree: Canary Is. Date Palm.
40 Tower Rd: Significant tree: Norfolk Island pine.
The Towers
1845: William Rout erected the Towers. He lived in the house.
William Rout: Ran an ironmongering business on corner of Elizabeth and Bathurst Streets.
Director of Bank of Van Diemens Land.
Director of Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company.
Foundation member of Australian League which aimed to end transportation of convicts.
Active member of Hobart’s Ragged Schools which aimed to educate neglected children.
1868: William Rout dies. Bequeathed the property to his son.
1914: The Rout family sells the property.
Today: private residence.
New Town Park House
1804: Thomas Hayes was a free settler with Ltn. Collins’s expedition.
1805: Ltn. Collins gave him 100 acres of land which Hayes called Prospect Farm.
1820s: Land purchased by Bartholomew Broughton.
1832: Charles Swanston bought the property which he renamed New Town Park. In 1835 he formed the Port Philip Association which supported John Batman’s attempts to graze in Victoria. Swanston Street in Melbourne and Hobart are both named after him.
1830s: New Town Park House was built.
1840s: Swanston financially ruined.
Today: The house is within the Catholic Care Tasmania complex.
Wilmslow Avenue
Migrant Workers Houses
After the Second World War, the State Government through the Agricultural Bank built 16 home units to accommodate master builders who emigrated from the United Kingdom. They were regarded as temporary dwellings.