Roxburgh House

Roxburgh House Apartments is a small boutique accommodation brand based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It operates from Roxburgh House, a heritage-listed nineteenth-century building with Italianate architectural influence located about 400 metres from Hobart's central business district, close to shops, restaurants and the Hobart waterfront. Rather than functioning as a conventional hotel, the property has been re-engineered as an exclusive-use building containing a small collection of three boutique apartments, marketed under the Roxburgh House Apartments name. The accommodation is designed for travellers who want private, apartment-style stays in central Hobart. Apartment 1 occupies the entire first floor and is described as a penthouse-style unit with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a generous kitchen/dining/family room and a separate sitting room; it is designed for six guests but can accommodate eight, with a minimum stay of two nights. Apartment 2 is on the ground floor and includes a spacious sitting room, a master bedroom, a kitchen and a bathroom. A separate ground-floor suite on the other side of the entrance has no kitchen and accommodates two people without the need to climb stairs. The brand positions itself as "undoubtedly Hobart's most elegant accommodation," emphasising heritage character, contemporary comforts and walkable access to the city. The building itself has a notable institutional history. It was built in 1880 as a showcase educational institution, Scotch College, and became Queens College in 1893 before amalgamating with Hutchins School in 1909. Today it is used exclusively for boutique accommodation and is presented as a testament to enduring timeless quality. The brand is privately operated and its website is roxburghhouse.com.au.

Roxburgh House is a nineteenth-century heritage property in Hobart, Tasmania, with Italianate architectural influence. According to the brand's own history, the building was constructed in 1880 as a showcase educational institution called Scotch College. In 1893 it became Queens College, and in 1909 it amalgamated with Hutchins School. These institutional chapters gave the building a prominent educational role in Hobart before it eventually ceased to serve that purpose. In its present incarnation, Roxburgh House has been re-engineered as a building used exclusively for boutique accommodation. The property now contains a small collection of three boutique apartments marketed as Roxburgh House Apartments. The brand describes the building as "an original nineteenth century heritage property" and presents it as "a testament to enduring timeless quality." The accommodation is located about 400 metres from Hobart's CBD, with shops, restaurants and the waterfront within easy walking distance. The building is heritage-listed, and its Victorian façade conceals the apartments inside. The three units are configured to suit different guest needs. Apartment 1 occupies the whole first floor, giving exclusive use and ultimate privacy; it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a very generous kitchen/dining/family room and a separate sitting room, and is designed for six guests but can take eight, with a minimum stay of two nights. Apartment 2 is on the ground floor and has a spacious sitting room, a master bedroom with kitchen and bathroom. The ground-floor Suite on the other side of the entrance has no kitchen but accommodates two people in style without the need for climbing stairs. The brand's website notes that the waterfront is about 800 metres from Apartment 1. Roxburgh House Apartments operates as a private boutique accommodation business. Its official website is roxburghhouse.com.au, and it maintains a dedicated history page describing the building's educational past and its current use as boutique accommodation.

• 1909

  Queens College amalgamates with Hutchins School.

• 1893

  The building becomes Queens College.

• 1880

  Roxburgh House is built as Scotch College, a showcase educational institution.

• Roxburgh House is re-engineered as a building used exclusively for boutique accommodation, operating as Roxburgh House Apartments.

Boutique heritage accommodation in central Hobart, positioned as elegant, private and within walking distance of the CBD and waterfront.

• Apartment 1

  First-floor penthouse apartment occupying the whole first floor; 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen/dining/family room, separate sitting room; designed for 6, can take 8; minimum 2 nights.

• Apartment 2

  Ground-floor apartment with a spacious sitting room, a master bedroom with kitchen and bathroom.

• Ground-floor Suite

  Ground-floor suite on the other side of the entrance; no kitchen; accommodates two people without the need for climbing stairs.

1. 1Roxburgh House Apartments — official website homepageroxburghhouse.com.au
2. 2History — Roxburgh House Apartmentsroxburghhouse.com.au
3. 3Roxburgh House — Wikidatawikidata.org