Exposed Brickwork

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 21mm · f/8.0 · 5s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Flaking paint reveals layers of exposed brickwork inside the derelict Terminus Hotel. Dust coats the floor. A shaft of light cuts through the gloom, highlighting textures of decay.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Exposed Brickwork
Series: Terminus Hotel
Catalogue: THO-024
Process: Giclée
Captured: 20 March 2016
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 5s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 21 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Pyrmont, 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

Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A section of wall in one of the downstairs hallways at the Terminus Hotel has lost its render. A patch of the plaster has fallen away to expose the brick beneath, the bricks darkened by decades of dust and damp. The joints between the bricks carry the soft grey of aged lime mortar. The render around the exposed patch is cream-painted, the paint flaking at the edges where the patch starts. The floor beneath the wall is timber, scuffed at the centre where the foot traffic of the working pub passed. The light from a nearby room reaches the wall obliquely, catching the texture of the exposed brick.

Exposed brickwork in a Sydney pub of this period usually indicates the loss of the original render coat to damp, settlement, or a knock to the wall surface that never got repaired. The visible building is the 1917 Tooth and Co. demolition and rebuild, with red-brick load-bearing walls and a render-and-paint internal finish. The render in this section came away at some point during the 33 years the pub stood vacant after the 1983 closure. The 2018 restoration involved render and plaster repair throughout the building. The patch in this photograph was made in 2016, before the work began.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Viewed from further down the corridor, the path leads toward the main bar, now partially lit through a distant window.

Brett Patman

The series

Terminus Hotel

2016 · 44 photographs

The corner of Harris and John Streets, Pyrmont, has held a licensed pub almost continuously since 1841, under four names. Sydney's Harris Street electric tram opened in 1898 and terminated at the front door. The owners added a two-storey wing and renamed the pub Terminus around 1900.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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