Hermitage Hill Resort and Conference Reception Centre
incorporating Red Rosellas Restaurant

For Sale $ 2 m (negotiable)

A treasure from the past beautifully and professionally restored. A unique opportunity to secure Hermitage Hill in the heart of the Wellington valley.

Quiet position on a hill overlooking the Macquarie and Bell river valleys. Sitting on 16 acres of prime land allows for further development of the site.

Impossible to replace! A landmark to own! A future to behold!

• National Trust Listed. Registered (27/03/2001)
  Place ID: 100331
• Property size 16 acres (6.47 Hectares). Room for business growth
• 15 accommodation rooms, Manager’s residence, Workman’s cottage
• Red Rosellas Restaurant – licensed to seat 100
• Function Room – Conferences/Receptions seat up to 150
• Small Function Room seats up to 30
• in-ground swimming pool

Inspect: By appointment

Contact: Sterling Turner 0429 619 478
Website: www.ljhooker.com.au/wellingtonnsw

Statement of Significance:

The Old Wellington District Hospital garden and early buildings including the main ward, old kitchen block, operating theatre, old nurses home, and isolation ward comprise a group of pre 1910 structures which clearly demonstrate how a Federation period hospital was planned and operated.

The major early buildings are excellent examples of Federation architecture applied to an institutional use in what was a small country location. The main ward building designed by a local builder, exhibits fine Federation proportion and detailing. The 1910 to 1938 structures on the site demonstrate building styles promoted state wide by the NSW Government Architects Branch at this time.

wellington district hospital The Old District Hospital buildings and their former uses demonstrate the changes to health practices, standards and hospital design which have occurred over the twentieth century culminating in the cessation of hospital functions in 1989. The range of buildings highlights the variety of solutions implemented largely to meet community needs and aspirations and the availability or lack of funding.

Alterations and additions to the buildings on the site demonstrate the necessity to adapt the structures for increased bed needs, as a result of the growth of population in the town and surrounding region, with limited funds being available.

The scale and design of the early hospital buildings and garden, being one of the most substantial civic building complexes in the town when constructed, illustrate the confidence of the town of Wellington in its future development. (Criterion A.4) (Australian Historic Themes: 3.26 Providing health services: providing hospital services) The Old Wellington District Hospital makes a major contribution to the townscape of Wellington. The early buildings are aesthetically significant, being architecturally imposing, and located on a prominent position overlooking the town (Criterion E.1).

The Old Wellington District Hospital is significant to the community of Wellington having served as the local hospital for around 85 years (Criterion G.1). The Old Wellington District Hospital is significant for its association with a number of significant local families and individuals who contributed to the hospital and to the town of Wellington. The hospital was associated in particular with the Barton, Glasson, Rygate, and Walker families who are remembered through the naming and funding of a number of the buildings (Criterion H.1).