Site Overview
site name:
Agnes Walsh House (Q Block King Edward Memorial Hospital)
other/former name
Agnes Walsh Nurses Home
architects:
Public Works Department (Western Australia)
date of commission:
1947
date of completion:
1953
address:
374 Bagot Road, 6008 Subiaco, WA
classification / typology
Health (HLT)
current use:
Hospital – Maternity
current condition:
Altered
protection status:
State Register of Heritage; Places Permanent Entry (20/12/2002);
City of Subiaco Municipal Inventory (28/02/1995);
Register of the National Estate (18/04/1989);
RAIA Survey of 20th Century Architecture (01/03/1988).
Editor Fiche
Katrina Chisholm in 2012
Agnes Walsh House (Q Block), designed by the Public Works Department under the stewardship of Len Green, is a particularly fine example of Post War International style architecture, and was recognized in its day as such with an award of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects bronze medal for architecture.
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