Tanilba House

Last weekend we visited Tanilba House as it was their 190th anniversary celebration.

Tanilba House was built by convicts for Lieutenant William Caswell who received a land grant of 50 acres on March 31, 1831.

The previous owner of Tanilba House was a lady called Helen Taylor. She was quite a character and had lived in the house since the 1950's. We knew Helen very well as we had photo club photo shoots there and we had a photography exhibition at Tanilba House once too. Sadly Helen died in 2015 age 80 and the house was sold to the current owners Glenn Short and Deidre Hall. Most of the furnishings were already in the house but Glenn and Deidre have added a few extras along the way. It is now open to the public on occasion and also a venue for weddings and B & B accommodation too.

All the photos in this collage except the centre one were taken last Sunday when we visited. The centre photo of the house itself was taken by me a few years ago when we spent the day at Tanilba with our photo club. The Rolls Royce in front of the house belongs to Roy, a friend of ours. I think it fits quite nicely on the property, but I doubt Roy will be selling his Roller any time soon.

[Issi Bannerman]

Lovely history and super collage.

[Lesley]

What a lovely house, with a very interesting history. Fab that the rolls was there too for your visit.

[Kathy A]

Lovely collage, beautiful old home

[Phil Sandford]

What a lovely looking house. Thank you for the narrative also Babs.

[Monique]

Lovely collage and that car is a treasure!

[Beryl Lloyd]

What a lovely historic house and beautifully displayed in a neat collage - I assume you did arrive in style in the Rolls ! ha !

[Dione Giorgio]

Wow! My place to visit. I always love to visit beautiful mansions like this with their interesting furniture. Beautiful shots to give us an insight on this one.

[Peter]

Simply gorgeous story and images Babs, what a wonderful place to stay the night, when we eventually get back on holiday in Oz we may well look it up:)

[Susan Wakely]

What a lovely historic property.

[Babs]

@beryl No the Rolls belongs to friends of ours Roy and Geraldine, they arrived in the Rolls, we followed in our Subaru.

We asked Roy to park in front of the house so we could photograph it as part of our photo shoot.

[Carole Sandford]

Lovely looking house & great history.

[Gillian]

Lovely images of and in the house. Looks like a great place to spend a night or two.

[Beryl Lloyd]

@onewing Ah ! but good they parked suitably for your photo shoot !

[Esther Rosenberg]

Nice collage, like your narrative :)

[Casablanca]

My next house.......says she, dreaming again.........it's gorgeous. What lovely memories you have of Helen too.

[Ingrid]

What a great collage!

[Dawn]

A nice collage and enjoyed your narrative

[Bep]

Lovely images!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful looking house.

[Merrelyn]

The house looks fabulous but I love the car :)

[Lois]

Lovely photo tour of this house!

[KV]

Awesome collage.

[Peter H]

A great collection.

[Diana]

Fabulous collage and shots of this amazing house, interesting history too.

[Pat Knowles]

Lovely house to visit....it looks beautifully maintained & I expect staying there is an excellent experience!

[carol white]

A lovely collage of the building and interior

[Jean]

How interesting

[Judith Johnson]

A very nice collection of shots and a great way to show off this impressive house

[Pyrrhula]

Great shots of this nice house and the beautiful interrior and rooms.

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful collage. Love all the different shots.

[Jane Pittenger]

Elegant for sure

[Bill]

Love these shots. I really like the claw foot tub and also the RR.

[Kat]

Wonderful collage and history

[haskar]

Lovely story and collage.

[Mrs. Laloggie]

What a great collage! Really makes me want to visit. Love that blue living room.

[Elizabeth]

What a lot of history in the house. Would be fun to stay here.

[Kathie]

Lovely house. Nice that the new owners allow visitors.