SSP SUNDAY - Rivendell Open Day: Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital- Paid event

Please read to the end as this is a paid ticketed event. Purchase your ticket for 11.30am asap so we can stay together as a group - each tour is limited to 20 people.

The open day will feature guided tours every half hour. Devonshire tea and a BBQ lunch can be purchased on site.

When: Sunday 30 July 2023
Tour Time: 11.30am
Where: Hospital Rd, Concord West NSW 2138
Cost: $15 adults, $10 concession.

Click on link to book: City of Canada Bay Heritage Society Open Days – Events Site

10.40am Meet for Devonshire tea
11.15am Have your ticket ready, go to the front door (facing the river) where we will be introduced to our guide.
11.30am-12.30pm Tour of Rivendell (we are only allowed into some parts of the building). We ask that you only go into the rooms where our guide takes us – and that you remain with the guide at all times.
12.45pm BBQ lunch can be purchased on site

One of Sydney’s best kept secrets, the Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital is an unchanged example of a late 19th century major institutional complex, which was built in one major phase, and survives along the foreshores of Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta River.
The Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital, designed by John Sulman, was commissioned following the death of Thomas Walker in 1886 and built with the £100,000 bequest from his estate for this purpose. A further £50,000 was provided by his daughter Eadith, sister Joanna and Eadith’s companion, Anne Sulman (nee Masefield).
It is a fine example of a private architect’s design in Australia and is considered to be John Sulman’s finest work. Along with the Carrington Centennial Hospital, the Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital is the only other convalescent hospital to have survived from the 19th century.

Limited parking available on site or on nearby streets. The entry gates are at the end of Hospital Road. You can drive through and park on the left around the one-way circular drive. Please do not park on the grass.

What to Bring:
Mobile phone or DSLR camera. Wide to telephoto zoom with image stabilisation, low value f/stop better in low light for indoor shots.

Challenge: Vintage style. Could be any of low contrast, soft and grainy, sepia toned, pinhole, slow shutter speed etc.