A rich cultural history in Tasmania’s Central Highlands.
Best known as the home of Australia’s oldest golf course, Bothwell's Ratho Farm is also associated with a Melbourne and Hobart Cup winner and 18th century bushranger ransackings. Today, the heart of the farm is the homestead and associated building complex, once the subject of a landscape painting by renowned artist Richard Glover.
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Ratho Farm
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Tom Holder, Alice Hansen
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ralulingkana
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This project involved the conversion of a number of existing historic farm buildings into guest accommodation. The work undertaken by Cumulus included collaborating on setting the stylistic approach for the project, and assisting with associated statutory approvals.
Look and feel.
The stories this place can tell.
A simple palette was employed to evoke an unassuming but elegant rustic country lifestyle. As much as possible, the existing fabric from the original buildings was maintained and featured. This, combined with displayed memorabilia of the surrounding farmstead and region, adds to a real sense of being surrounded by history.
The farm was established in 1822 by the literary Reid family, who hosted a number of colourful characters as estate guests during their century-long occupation of the site. Cumulus Studio’s renovation of the historic complex to include bed and breakfast-style lodgings aimed to restore the farm's reputation as a destination for world travellers and locals alike.
Visitors old and new.
