Fireplace at The Asylum, a wide formal room with pale green walls and coffered ceilings.
Fireplace at The Asylum, a wide formal room with pale green walls and coffered ceilings.

Fireplace

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

A large fireplace in an entrance hall of the main building at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The Vernon-designed core is described in the State Heritage Register listing as the finest corporate expression of Federation Free architecture in Australia.

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Fireplace at The Asylum, a wide formal room with pale green walls and coffered ceilings.Fireplace at The Asylum, a wide formal room with pale green walls and coffered ceilings.Fireplace at The Asylum, a wide formal room with pale green walls and coffered ceilings.Fireplace at The Asylum, a wide formal room with pale green walls and coffered ceilings.Fireplace at The Asylum, a wide formal room with pale green walls and coffered ceilings.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Fireplace
Series
Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue
KAS-067
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

A large fireplace stands in an entrance hall of the main building at Kenmore. The hearth is stone, the surround stonework set into a plastered chimney breast that rises through the full height of the room. The mantel is timber, plain and unmoulded. The floor of the hall is polished timber, the boards laid wide. The walls are plastered and painted. The fireplace is the dominant feature in the room.

The main building at Kenmore sits within the Vernon-designed core. 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 finest corporate expression of Federation Free architecture in Australia and the largest single body of his work. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003 and Kenmore was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A wide formal room with pale green walls and coffered ceilings. Four classical columns frame a red brick fireplace with an arched opening, its hearth dark and empty. Stained glass panels sit in the windows and timber-framed doors to the right. The hardwood floor is scuffed bare, streaked with dust and scattered debris. Paint peels in broad patches across the upper walls. Light enters low from the left, catching the grain of the floorboards.

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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06 REVIEWS · 1 FROM CUSTOMER

What collectors say

  1. Victoria

    25 May 2026

    My order arrived promptly in perfect condition and tracked on its way so I could see it getting closer. The artwork and the quality of the print are just gorgeous.
07 MORE FROM KENMORE ASYLUM

73 other prints in this series

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Workbench at The Asylum, a green six-panel door sits closed against a cracked plaster wall.
Workbench $100.00
Windows to the World at The Asylum, six windows line a pale green wall, each fitted with heavy security grilles.
Windows to the World $100.00
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