Roscraig,+Hobart's+Grand+Home

 Roscraig, 21 Mortimer Avenue Mount Stuart, Tasmania
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 * See also Federation Queen Anne style

=Historic Tasmanian home with department store fame = By Jennifer Duke - Friday, 20 December 2013 at [|http://www.propertyobserver.com.au] Noted as one of Hobart's 'true' mansions, 1905-built Roscraig was constructed for Mr Brownell, the owner of Brownell Brothers Ltd, the first department store in Hobart. || **Interactive Tour **
 * ** Listing ** : []
 * Gallery of photographs
 * **General Features: **
 * Property Type:House
 * Bedrooms: 4
 * Bathrooms: 2
 * Building Size: 330.00 m² (36 squares) approx
 * Land Size: 2246 m² (approx) || **Other Features **
 * Close to Schools,Close to Shops,
 * Close to Transport,
 * Fireplace(s),
 * Garden,
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Formal Lounge || **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Floorplan **

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 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Indoor Features: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Toilets: 2
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Air Conditioning || **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Outdoor Features **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Carport Spaces: 2
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Open Car Spaces: 4 || [|Floorplan] || [|Virtual Tour] ||

> > > > **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Iconic mansion ** >
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">The property is on approvimately 2,246 square metres on the high side of the road, and has views over New Town, North Hobart, the Hobart Docks and the Eastern Shore.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">The four-bedroom, two-bathroom home, 21 Mortimer Avenue, Mount Stuart, includes an operational original servants bell and six car spaces.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The pictures show beautiful stained glass windows and period-features, such as bay windows and fireplaces.
 * "Steeped in proud history this is one of Hobart's true mansions. 'Roscraig' was was built in 1905 for Mr Brownell who was the owner of Brownell Brothers Ltd, a large department store in Hobart. Designed and constructed as a mark of status everything about this residence symbolises prosperity.
 * "Imposingly nestled on approx. 2,246sqm of land on the high side of the road this property offers a fabulous panorama with a lovely vista over New Town, North Hobart and the Eastern Shore as well as a lovely snapshot of the Hobart docks area.
 * "Luxuriously proportioned with stunning, original features throughout there are numerous options for accommodation and living areas. With even the servants bells still operational this is an opportunity to secure a magnificent home in an exquisite residential enclave within a stone's throw from the wonderful North Hobart cappuccino strip."

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's currently listed asking for $1.2 million. RP Data records show that previously, it was bought in 2005 for $650,000, having been purchased for $205,500 in 1987.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brownwells originally began as David Moses' London Mart, which was a drapery and general store builty in 1836. It then became Brownwell Brothers in 1888, according to The Companion to Tasmanian History, before becoming a public company in 1902.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was remodelled in the 1950s with American techniques, becoming Tasmania's largest department store, before being taken over by Myer in 1959.