Historic St Andrews Inn

St Andrews Inn was built in 1845 with convict labour and licensed the following year. It was an overnight stop for coaches and slept 14 people to a room upstairs. Coaches and wagoners gathered at the Inn to form wagon trains  for protection against bush rangers as they travelled through Epping Forest.

Opposite was a Ticket of Leave station for convicts released from Port Arthur. The Inn stopped trading late last century and changed from Post Office to residence until the 1950s, when it lay derelict for 20 years. The building was reopened as a restaurant in 1973. The business is now run as a Coffee Shop with rooms for conferences and overnight accommodation.

Cleveland was planned as an important town on the main road from Launceston to Hobart, plans were drawn up, streets named and lots sold, but  a lack of a permanent water supply stopped the project. The plans are on display in the inn, as is historic paperwork to do with the inn. If you like history pay us a visit.