Leadlight Stairs

Provenance

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

A stairwell winding past a tall leadlight window in one of the nursing quarters at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The Vernon-designed core is described in the State Heritage Register as the finest corporate Federation Free architecture in Australia.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Leadlight Stairs
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-028
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: National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia

02 LOCATION

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A stairwell winds past a tall leadlight window in one of the nursing quarters at Kenmore. The leadlight runs the full height of the window, the panes set in a geometric pattern of cames. Daylight enters through the coloured glass and falls across the treads of the stair below. The treads are timber, the handrail turned hardwood. The walls of the shaft are painted plaster.

The Vernon-designed core at Kenmore is described in the State Heritage Register listing as the finest corporate expression of Federation Free architecture in Australia. Leadlight windows are part of the original Federation Free fabric. 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 Commonwealth sold the property in 2003 and the NSW State Heritage Register listing followed on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A stairwell narrows toward a four-panel leadlight window. Red and green floral motifs hold steady in the glass, filtering soft daylight into the shaft below. Paint peels from every surface in thick curls, dark green layers lifting away from the plaster beneath. A stone or ceramic pedestal sits at the base of the staircase, heavy and square-shouldered. The banisters are stripped back to bare timber rails. The air looks damp and still.

Brett Patman

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 74 photographs

Kenmore Asylum opened on Taralga Road, Goulburn, in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete mental health complex in rural New South Wales. The site was acquired in 1879 under the same Inspector-General who initiated Callan Park. The hospital closed around 2003 and was listed on the NSW State Heritage Register in 2005.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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