This Gothic Revival style building was constructed in
1846-47 to house the senior members of the Royal Engineers, who were responsible
for arranging all works in the colony. Designer unknown, the building is of
sandstone front and facings, with brick sides and rear, which were subsequently
cement rendered. An interesting feature
of the building is that two of the windows on the northern side are false and
appear to be windows from the outside only. The large area of Crown Land
The Tasmanian Main Line Railway Company, which built the
railway from Hobart
to Western Junction (and modiļ¬ed the line to Launceston) from 1873 and operated
it from 1876, occupied the building as its headquarters until the State Government
acquired the company’s assets in 1890. The building continued as railway headquarters
until the Transport Commission was established in 1938. It subsequently became the
railway’s printers and stationery store.
More recently, the building was acquired by the State
Government and restored with funds from Government grants, gifts from
professional engineering organizations and public subscription. The building is
currently leased by the Institution of Engineers, Australia ,
and occupied as headquarters of its Tasmania
division and is situated at 2
Davey Street , Hobart Gasworks
Village
