Sunset Hospital

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

03374

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Location

Birdwood Pde Dalkeith

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Old Men's Home
Sunset Home

Local Government

Nedlands

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1904 to 1906

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	18 Dec 2017		City of Nedlands
Heritage Agreement	YES	28 Aug 2014	Text of the Heritage Agreement
National Heritage List	Nominated	15 Mar 2006
State Register	Registered	02 Sep 1997	Register Entry Assessment Documentation

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	27 Apr 1999	Category A	Category A Worthy of the highest level of protection: recommended for entry into the State Register of Heritage Places which gives legal protection; (some places in this category are already on the State Register of Heritage places); development requires consultation with the Heritage Council of WA and the local government; provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the City of Nedlands Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. Incentives to promote heritage conservation should be considered.	City of Nedlands
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	23 Oct 2018	Category A	Category A Worthy of the highest level of protection: recommended for entry into the State Register of Heritage Places which gives legal protection; (some places in this category are already on the State Register of Heritage places); development requires consultation with the Heritage Council of WA and the local government; provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the City of Nedlands Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. Incentives to promote heritage conservation should be considered.	City of Nedlands
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	05 Oct 1993
Classified by the National Trust	Classified {Lscpe}	11 Mar 1993
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	15 Apr 1999

Condition

Generally Good

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
Hillson Beasley, Chief Architect at the Public Works Department	Architect	-	-

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
6455	Former Sunset Hospital site : report of the Sunset Steering Committee to the Hon. Minister for Housing and Works.	Report	2003
6656	Sunset Hospital, Birdwood Parade, Dalkeith : conservation management plan.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2003
3887	The history of Sunset Hospital.	Book	1999
8803	Geriatric medicine : early policy and practice in Western Australia.	Book	2005
1398	Heritage Assessment and Conservation Policy for Sunset Hospital Birdwood Parade Dalkeith	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1995
11457	Sunset Heritage Precinct	Archival Record	2016
5941	Sunset Hospital : development referral.	C D Rom	2001
10233	Sunset transformation strategy	Heritage Study {Other}	2014
6928	Sunset Hospital, Birdwood Parade, Dalkeith : Sunset redevelopment heritage study 2000.	Heritage Study {Other}	2000
6532	Western Australian endangered places 2003.	Kit	2003
5395	Metropolitan Region Scheme Amendment No. 1024/33 : Sunset Hospital site, City of Nedlands. Volume 1 : report on submissions.	Legislation	2000

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Institutional Housing
Original Use	HEALTH	Hospital
Present Use	VACANT\UNUSED	Vacant\Unused

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War Old English
Federation Arts and Crafts

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard
Wall	STONE	Other Stone

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES	World Wars & other wars
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Community services & utilities
OCCUPATIONS	Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

12 Nov 1993

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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