Narrow Green Room at The Asylum, a long rectangular room stretches toward a single door at the far end.
Narrow Green Room at The Asylum, a long rectangular room stretches toward a single door at the far end.

Narrow Green Room

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 1/13 · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A long, narrow room painted green at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The Vernon-designed core is the largest example of work by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect.

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Narrow Green Room at The Asylum, a long rectangular room stretches toward a single door at the far end.Narrow Green Room at The Asylum, a long rectangular room stretches toward a single door at the far end.Narrow Green Room at The Asylum, a long rectangular room stretches toward a single door at the far end.Narrow Green Room at The Asylum, a long rectangular room stretches toward a single door at the far end.Narrow Green Room at The Asylum, a long rectangular room stretches toward a single door at the far end.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Narrow Green Room
Series
Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue
KAS-036
Process
Giclée
Captured
1 March 2020
Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/13 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

A long, narrow room painted green at Kenmore. The room runs the full length of one of the wings, with windows along the outer wall and a single door at the far end. The floor is timber boards. The walls are painted in two tones of green, the lighter above a painted dado and the darker below. The room is empty of furniture.

The Vernon core at Kenmore is the largest single body of work by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect. The complex opened in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete site for mental health care in rural NSW, designed for 700 patients across 19 wards on a 340.5-acre property south of Goulburn. The State Heritage Register listing describes the Vernon core as the finest corporate expression of Federation Free architecture in Australia. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003 and the SHR listing followed on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A long rectangular room stretches toward a single door at the far end. Pale green paint covers every wall. Cast-iron radiators line both sides, bolted beneath rows of multi-pane windows. Suspended ceiling tiles sag and buckle overhead, several collapsed onto the floor below. Debris covers the ground. Broken plaster, grit, tangled wiring. Daylight pushes through dirty glass, filling the space with a flat, grey-green wash. The air looks damp and still.

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

Print sizes

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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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