St George's Anglican Church

1838 sandstone church on the highest point of Battery Point — historically a beacon for sailors entering the harbour

Address 30 Cromwell Street, Battery Point
Opening Hours Open daily 09:00–16:00; services Sun 09:30
Admission Free

A handsome Greek Revival sandstone church on the highest point of Battery Point, designed by James Blackburn and completed in 1838. The bell tower, added in 1847, was specifically built tall enough to function as a daylight navigation marker for ships entering Sullivans Cove — the church was a working landmark for sailors long before it became a tourist sight. The interior is light, plain, and Georgian, with a triple-decker pulpit and box pews surviving from the 1840s.

Walk up Cromwell Street from Arthur Circus to reach it. The churchyard has eroded headstones from the 1840s — some of Hobart's earliest free settlers and convict officers — and a fine view down the slope to Salamanca and the docks.

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