Woolmers Estate
| Woolmers Estate | |
|---|---|
The front entrance of the Woolmers main house. | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Address | Woolmers Lane, Longford TAS 7301 |
| Town or city | Longford, Tasmania |
| Country | Australia |
| Construction started | 1819 |
| Completed | 1843 |
| Owner | Woolmers Foundation Inc. |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | William Archer |
| Website | |
| woolmers | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv, vi |
| Designated | 2010 (34th session) |
| Part of | Australian Convict Sites |
| Reference no. | 1306 |
| Region | Asia-Pacific |
Woolmers Estate is a farming estate located in Longford, Tasmania, founded in 1817 by prominent grazier and member of parliament Thomas Archer. It consists of an 82ha property, including a two-part manor house, coach house, the National Rose Garden, extensive outbuildings and convict cottages and formal gardens. The main house consists of a brick nog weatherboard homestead, built in 1819, with an attached extensive addition in Italiate style, designed by William Archer and built in 1842-1843. From the 1819 completion of the main house to 1994, it was one of the main ancestral homes of the Archer family.
It is listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register. Along with Brickendon Estate, Woolmers was inscribed onto the Australian National Heritage List in November 2007 as being of outstanding national significance because of their close association with the convict consignment system and in July 2010 included on the World Heritage list as Australian Convict Sites and amongst the world's
" .. best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts"