Samaritan Hospital For Women

The Samaritan Hospital for Women is a hospital built between 1889 and 1890 by architects W.C. Habershon and F. Fawkner. It is constructed from hard red brick and terracotta, topped with a slate roof. The building showcases a bold eclectic terracotta classical style, featuring a symmetrical front adorned with a giant pilaster order and segmental bows. It stands three to four storeys high above a basement.

The centerpiece of the façade is a pedimented section that is four windows wide, flanked by slightly recessed, bow-windowed wings that are three storeys tall. The ground floor is rusticated and serves as a podium, with a central doorway framed by an entablature and narrow windows on either side. The windows are architraved, with those on the first floor of the centerpiece featuring pediments and balustraded aprons. These are supported by giant Corinthian pilasters that rise to the main entablature and a prominently modeled pediment. The wings have architraved sash windows and balustraded parapets in front of the second-floor architraved windows. The wings also feature rusticated quoins, topped with a crowning cornice and balustrading.