A crumbling corridor in one of the residential buildings at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW, where water damage has worked through the plaster. The Commonwealth Department of Health sold the property in 2003.

Mouldy Hall

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/25 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Plaster has fallen in sheets along this corridor at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW, leaving lath exposed overhead and a floor buried under paint chips and rubble. A large multi-pane window on the right wall draws light into the space, picking out the pale curl of peeling paint on every surface. At the far end, an open doorway reveals a white door propped against the wall of the room beyond.

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In situ

Mouldy Hall at The Asylum, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Mouldy Hall at The Asylum, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Mouldy Hall at The Asylum, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Mouldy Hall
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-035
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/25 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 297 × 210 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

A crumbling corridor in one of the residential buildings at Kenmore. Water damage has worked through the plaster of the walls along the full length of the run, the surface come away in sheets and patches. The ceiling above is similarly worked through. The floor is timber boards, the boards damp-stained. The doors at the sides of the corridor are closed.

The Commonwealth Department of Health sold the property in 2003. The complex is decommissioned and largely vacant, and water ingress through the residential buildings has worked through the plasterwork in the years since. Kenmore opened in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete complex for mental health care in rural NSW, designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect. The site was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005 as the Kenmore Hospital Precinct, State Heritage Register item 01728.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A narrow corridor runs toward an open doorway at the far end. Paint peels from every surface in thick, curling sheets. Plaster has collapsed from the ceiling, exposing dark lath beneath. Debris covers the floor. Light enters through two sash windows on the right, catching the dust and the crumbled render scattered across the ground. An arrow is scrawled on the left-hand door. The air looks damp. The walls are soft with mould.

Brett Patman

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 75 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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