Gladstone, Jenner & Kelsey House

Gladstone House, Jenner House, & Kelsey House

All were built in 1936

Gladstone House (Ward 6), Jenner House (Ward 7), and Kelsey House (Ward 8) are three highly intact single-storey brick buildings with an unusual "crab" design and replaced earlier timber wards that were considered fire hazards and difficult to keep clean. The drawings were prepared by EA Godfrey. Construction commenced in August 1934 and was completed the following year, and was officially opened on 20 February by Sir Leslie Wilson. As part of the ceremony, the Director General of Health and Medical Services, Raphael Cilento, paid tribute to Superintendent Dr Ellerton, declaring these wards were "his prime".

All three wards had large central dining rooms with single rooms with a large dormitory. Kelsey was slightly different in its planning to the other two wards in regards to its dormitories.

In 2020, they are vacant and had most of the later fabric removed.

Gladstone House is named after the famous parliamentarian William Ewart Gladstone.
Jenner House is named after the famous physician Edward Jenner, who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, and discovered the value of inoculation with cow pox as a preventative measure against smallpox.
Kelsey House is named after well-loved matron Elsie Kelsey, who worked at the hospital from 1925 and became assistant matron in 1941. She retired in 1967