Hillside, Sunnyside Hopsital, Former Hospital Building

Sydney MItchell and Wilson, 1888. Long, symmetrical, former Free Jacobean hospital block (now disused, 2012) comprising single storey corridor with 4, 2-storey and attic, advanced Dutch-gabled pavilion wings to S and with mix of 2-storey and single storey buildings to rear (N); some later. Coursed, rock-faced sandstone with ashlar margins. Base course, some cill courses, cornice. Raised margins; some moulded architraves. Some bi- and tripartite window openings with stone mullions and transoms. Wallhead dormers with round-arched dormerheads. Polygonal metal ridge vents with louvred openings and finialled dome caps. Former open verandahs to S (now boarded, 2012).

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Central single-storey and attic 2-bay corridor, with flanking pair advanced, 2-storey and attic single x 2 bay, pavilions with stepped Dutch gables with round-arched pediments at apex. Canted bay windows to ground at S with central rectangular window above with shaped round-arch pediment above. Recessed single-storey linking corridors to advanced, 2-storey, single x 4 bay pavilions to far right and far left with canted S elevations; E and W elevations with segmental-arched window openings to ground and canted full-height projecting end bays.

Dated 1891 extension to rear, with carved motto: THE RICH AND POOR MEET TOGETHER, THE LORD IS MAKER OF THE ALL.

Predominatly boarded windows. Grey slates. Coped wallhead, ridge and gable stacks; some with red cans.

INTERIOR: (partially seen 2012). Original ward and room layout largely intact. Good decorative detailing apparent throughout, including timber panelling, 6-panelled timber doors, decorative timbers to ceilings. Part glazed timber doors; some with round-arched moulded doorcases. Some decorative timber fire surrounds. Original open verandahs enclosed.