Decayed Stairwell

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Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 0.8s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Looking down over the handrail of a stairwell at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The complex is on Taralga Road, on the Southern Tablelands, and was the first purpose-built complete site for mental health care in rural NSW.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Decayed Stairwell
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-017
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 0.8s 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

Looking down over the handrail of a stairwell at Kenmore. The handrail is turned hardwood, the balusters shaped and fitted into a stringer that follows the line of the stair. The treads carry decades of footfall at the centre. The walls of the shaft are painted plaster, weathered through patches of damp and water staining. The view runs down through several landings to the floor below.

Kenmore is on Taralga Road, on the Southern Tablelands of NSW, south of Goulburn. The complex opened in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete site for mental health care in rural NSW, designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect. The site sits on 340.5 acres of the former Kenmore Estate, purchased by the colony of NSW in October 1879 under Frederick Norton Manning, Inspector-General of the Insane. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003 and the State Heritage Register listing followed on 1 April 2005.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Dark timber balusters run in tight rows down a multi-storey stairwell, their turned profiles still sharp. Paint flakes litter the landings. Plaster has shed from the walls in patches, exposing pale render beneath. Black and red graffiti marks the upper stairwell. Grit and debris coat every tread. The handrails carry a dull polish where varnish has worn but the wood holds firm.

Brett Patman

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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