• Title
  Sulman and Power, Architects - plans of The Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital, Concord
• Creator
  Architects Sulman and Power
• Call number
  PXD 593
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  undated (the hospital was constructed 1890-1893)
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings
• Reference code
  442862
• Physical Description
  Architectural and Technical Drawings - 6 architectural plans (1 blueprint with pencil additions - 5 prints with ink and watercolour) ; approx. 75 x 104 cm. or smaller - Plans damaged at edges
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  On 2 September 1886 Thomas Walker died at Yaralla. In a codicil to his will, 100,000 of his fortune was set aside for the building and maintenance of a convalescent hospital on 12 hectares of the estate at Rocky Point.
  
  Sulman and Power, architectural firm, was commissioned to design the hospital which was built between 1891-1893.
  
  The hospital complex consisted of wards, administrative offices, service areas and entertainment hall (chapel), water-gate, gardeners cottage, gatehouse, laundry, mortuary, stables, and in 1894 the Joanna Walker Memorial Childrens Convalescent Hospital was opened in the grounds adjacent to the main hospital
• Scope and Content
  No.1 Administrative Block, Ground plan, with note "This drawing was compiled for valuation purposes only and is not complete in detail" (blueprint)
  No.2 Administrative Block, First Floor Plan
  No.3 Basement plan, Second floor plan, Back elevation of Pavilion, Sections
  No.4 Men's Pavilion, Ground Floor and First Floor Plan
  No.5 Administrative Block, Pavilions, Side, Front and Back Elevations, Women's Pavilion
  No.6 Administrative Block, Pavilions Sections, Longitudinal Sections/Pavilions, Corridor, Ambulatory
• General note
  
  Traced and coloured from originals by "H.B.C." (H.B. Cranna) and "J.M.T." (J.M. Tait) who worked in Sulman's office
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823245
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Sulman and Power, Architects., Mutual Life Association Building, Cnr, George and Wynyard Sts., Sydney
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Sulman, John, Sir, 1849-1934
  
• Topic
  architectural drawings
  hospitals
  
• Place
  Thomas Walker Hospital (Hospital Road, Concord, N.S.W.)
  

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