Administration Staircase at The Asylum, a carpeted staircase rises from a ground-floor hallway, its turned newel post.
Administration Staircase at The Asylum, a carpeted staircase rises from a ground-floor hallway, its turned newel post.

Administration Staircase

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 1s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

An interior staircase in the administration block at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. Polished timber floors and turned wood handrails. The administration buildings sit within Walter Liberty Vernon's core, the largest body of work by the first NSW Government Architect.

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Administration Staircase at The Asylum, a carpeted staircase rises from a ground-floor hallway, its turned newel post.Administration Staircase at The Asylum, a carpeted staircase rises from a ground-floor hallway, its turned newel post.Administration Staircase at The Asylum, a carpeted staircase rises from a ground-floor hallway, its turned newel post.Administration Staircase at The Asylum, a carpeted staircase rises from a ground-floor hallway, its turned newel post.Administration Staircase at The Asylum, a carpeted staircase rises from a ground-floor hallway, its turned newel post.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Administration Staircase
Series
Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue
KAS-001
Process
Giclée
Captured
1 March 2020
Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1s s
ISO
100
Focal length
14 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity
C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
02 LOCATION

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

An interior staircase rises through the administration block at Kenmore. The floor is polished timber, the boards laid wide. The handrail is turned hardwood, the balusters and newel posts shaped on a lathe and fitted into a stringer that follows the line of the stair. The treads carry decades of footfall at the centre, the edges still sharp. The walls around the stair are plastered and painted, weathered through patches of damp. The joinery is the older fabric in the space.

The administration block sits within the Vernon-designed core at Kenmore. Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect, designed the complex that opened in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete site for mental health care in rural NSW. The State Heritage Register listing describes the Vernon core as the largest single body of his work and the finest corporate expression of Federation Free architecture in Australia. The complex has been largely vacant since the Commonwealth sale in 2003 and was added to the SHR on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A carpeted staircase rises from a ground-floor hallway, its turned newel post and dark timber handrail still intact. The treads are deep red, worn at the edges. Hardwood floorboards catch low light from a gridded transom window on the half-landing above. Dried leaves and debris scatter across the floor. A fire hose reel hangs bolted to the right wall, its brass valve and pressure gauge still connected. The walls are painted a muted grey-green, scuffed and scratched at shoulder height. Beaded timber panelling lines the ceiling.

Brett Patman

Kenmore Asylum

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 74 photographs

Frederic Norton Manning, NSW Inspector-General of the Insane, acquired 340.5 acres on Taralga Road, Goulburn, for £1,252 in October 1879. Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect, designed the asylum complex. Kenmore opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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07 MORE FROM KENMORE ASYLUM

73 other prints in this series

All prints
Fireplace at The Asylum, a wide formal room with pale green walls and coffered ceilings.
Fireplace $100.00
Autopsy Table at The Asylum, a dusty autopsy table in the morgue of an abandoned asylum.
Autopsy Table $100.00
In Between at The Asylum, a narrow corridor runs between a brick wall and a timber-panelled enclosure.
In Between $100.00
Workbench at The Asylum, a green six-panel door sits closed against a cracked plaster wall.
Workbench $100.00
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