A PROMINENT feature and the social centre of Antill Ponds was its Half Way House, a two-storey hotel, which serviced travellers and locals residents with accommodation, meals and liquor.
The inn traded for just over a century about halfway on the old coach road between Launceston and Hobart from 1830 to 1932
The original Half Way House was at Sorell Springs, having been built by John Presnell, a blacksmith by trade, who arrived from England on the Midas on 13 January 1821. He was granted 300 acres of land at Sorell Springs on which he built the White Hart Inn.
A licence to sell spirits, wine and beer was granted in 1822 but following the subsequent realignment of the highway through St Peters Pass and the bypassing of Sorell Springs, Presnell acquired land at Antill Ponds in 1830 to build a replacement inn.
For a more pictures and a more detailed history of the inn, visit the Time Gents story:
Exploring the legacy of Halfway House Antill Ponds
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