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Belmont House is an 1830’s coach house in Richmond, Tasmania. The town was an important military staging post and convict station on the road between Hobart and Port Arthur. As with most of the town, this house was built by convict labour, constructed from locally quarried sandstone.
The coach house is now a private residence for the Pooley family and home to Pooley Wines. Vineyards surround the buildings, with some vines covered in netting to protect the fruit from birds and possums.
The old stables house the “Cellar Door” open to the public for wine tastings and available for private functions. It is a lovely location to enjoy a glass of wine, a cheeseboard or wood fired pizza.
There are an array of doors around the back of the main house and in the stables block, ideal for Norm’s Thursday Doors challenge
RuthsArc 
Looks like a lovely place to visit and taste some fine vintages (with pizza of course!)
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We did have a fascinating weekend visiting contrasting vineyards and tasting some lovely wines.
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Sounds lovely, a perfect way to spend a weekend. Have a great day.
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You tricky thing! Not at all what I expected from “Cellar Doors.” 🙂 Very nice, though, and somewhere I’d love to visit and raise a glass.
janet
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ha ha, thanks Janet.
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A lovely and varied selection this week. My fave is the sliding door at the top of that short staircase.
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Thanks Norm. There were such a variety of doors on this one property.
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It looks like a lovely and interesting property. I really liked that covered sitting area. That ground level *veranda* reminded me of the wild west saloons … complete with a rain barrel at the end of the veranda … although now that I look at it again, it isn’t really a rain barrel.
Like Norm, I love that sliding door. I’m a big fan of sliders and I wish I could convince my husband to replace one of our doors with a slider 🙂
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Thanks Joanne, sliding doors do have their own character.
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It’s beautiful and has an interesting history. Those convicts were pretty great house makers! 🙂 I’d love to have a cheeseboard and glass of wine here.
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I love the stone work around the front door! Beautiful! 🙂
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Nice little twist there in the cellar 🙂 The sandstone is beautiful and that’s a very nice collection of doors. I love the sliding door at the top of the little stairs.
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Thanks Dan. That door seems to be popular .
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That was a great tour–I felt right at home with you, looking about!
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Thanks Cynthia
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Protected from possums! Yes, even when I was living in the suburbs of Los Angeles they sometimes parked on our roof! Love this front door with lots of glass:) I now live in an area with vineyards, so this is a familiar sight:) But I love these stone walls of the house!
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Thanks Jesh. I was surprised about the possums.
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