Shearers Quarters

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Sunday, Nov 10

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OPEN HOUSE ON BRUNY ISLAND | SUN 10 NOV

REQUIRED DRIVING ROUTE

For those attending properties on Bruny Island tomorrow, please visit properties on North Bruny first – Shearers Quarters, Captain Kelly’s Cottage and Killora Bay – before heading to South Bruny to visit Bruny Island Hideaway and Coopworth.  PHOTOGRAPHY When visiting both the Shearers Quarters and Captain Kelly’s Cottage please note photography is not permitted inside the buildings. We hope you enjoy this special Open House Hobart experience o Bruny Island!

Architect: Wardle Studio (2011)

The Shearers Quarters is a multiple award-winning house that sits as a companion building to an existing historic cottage on a working sheep farm. Located on the site of the old shearing shed that was destroyed by fire. The residence houses shearers, and family and friends on annual tree planting weekends and retreats. The plan form transforms along its length to shift the profile of a slender skillion at the western end to a broad gable at the east. The geometry of this shift is carried through to the layout of internal walls, lining boards and window frames. A singular palette of materials is used with corrugated galvanised iron to the exterior, and timber internally. The primary internal lining is Pinus Macrocarpa sourced from many different suppliers principally as individual trees from old rural windbreaks. The bedrooms are lined in recycled apple box crates, sourced from the many old orchards of the Huon Valley where the timber remained stacked but unused since the late 1960s. This project received The Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture, the RAIA National Architecture Awards 2012, The James Blackburn Triennial Prize for Residential Architecture, the RAIA Tasmania 2015 Esmond Dorney Award for Residential Architecture and the Best Villa at the World Architecture Festival in 2012.

Open: Sunday 10 November, 10am – 2pm (registration required)

Note: This is a shoe-free household. There is no access via the driveway down to the house. Please park at the top of the hill and be prepared for a 15 minute walk down the gravel driveway.

Address: Waterview, 585 Main Rd Bruny Island, Bruny Island

Locations

Bruny Island

Further afield

Building Types

Award Winning

Residential

Architectural Period

Contemporary (2001-current)

Features

Architectural Design

New to Program

Accessibilities

Level Changes

Uneven Surfaces

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