The Telegraph Hotel on the market among other Tassie pubs up for grabs

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AN iconic Hobart pub is back on the market after the ‘for sale’ sign was taken down during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Telegraph Hotel on the city’s waterfront is one of more than 70 commercial properties for sale in Tasmania.

Many country pubs currently on the market cost less than a single home in Hobart and Launceston’s ritzier suburbs.

The Telegraph Hotel Morrison Street Hobart

There are country pubs looking for a new landlord in Gretna, Marrawah and Winnaleah and they are all listed for under $600,000.

The Tullah pub, on Tasmania’s West Coast, is up for grabs for offers over $890,000.

Glen Clyde House at Hamilton could be yours for under $1 million while the Bush Mill Tourist Complex at Port Arthur is on the market for $1.2 million.

The Telegraph Hotel is for sale through an expressions of interest process which closes on March 25.

The pub, on the corner of Morrison and Brooke Sts, is being marketed as “the last unencumbered redevelopment site on one of the world’s great waterfront precincts.”

Marrawah Tavern is also for sale.

The pub, a popular haunt with university students, has been trading successfully under the ownership of one family since 1993.

The original hotel was established in 1858 as the Electric Telegraph Hotel and was renamed the Telegraph in 1877.

Following a fire in circa-1939, the hotel was rebuilt and renamed around 1993 as the Brooke Street Bar and Cafe. It became the Telegraph again in the early 2000s.

Other hotels and motels on the market include the Murchison Lodge in Somerset listed at $1.9 million and the historic Red Feather Inn at Hadspen which is for sale for $2.5 million.

FULL LIST OF PUBS FOR SALE

• Colebrook Tavern: $349,000+
• Winnaleah Hotel: $498,000
• Beaconsfield Hotel: $590,000+
• Gretna Green Hotel, Gretna: $590,000+
• Marrawah Tavern: $598,000
• Telegraph Hotel, Hobart: $Expressions of interest
• Bischoff Hotel: $Expressions of interest
• Tullah Pub: $890,000+
• Glen Clyde House, Hamilton: $875,000+
• Bush Mill Tourist Complex, Port Arthur: $1.2 million
• Cradle Forest Inn: $1.25 million
• Murchison Lodge, Somerset: $1.9 million
• Red Feather Inn, Hadspen: $2.5 million