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From the Resene News – issue 2/2005 Gabled - Taranaki Society of Arts Gallery The only survivor of the four Colonial hospitals built as the brainchild of Governor, Sir George Grey, the Gables started life as a hospital, then became an old men's home known as 'The Refuge' before the land on which it stood changed to education reserve status and the building was put up for auction and subsequently moved to a Brooklands property where it stands today. Further primarily residential uses ensued. In 1985 following substantial refurbishment it became the Taranaki Society of Arts Gallery, opening a historical building to public view and making exhibition space available for local art. The original building specification by architect Frederick Thatcher and influenced by the Gothic Revival movement in building design was heart rimu, Baltic pine floors and a roof sheathed with kohekohe shingles. Insulation was in the form of sawdust packed in tightly between the timber. Today, the heart rimu is protected in Resene Quick Dry Acrylic Primer Undercoat combined with Resene Sonyx 101 semi-gloss acrylic topcoats on weatherboards and Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss waterborne enamel on trims and joinery. The semi-gloss sheen is forgiving of the somewhat roughened surface.
Inside the scene changes as exhibitions come and go, tending to those in need of artistry and history. Developer: New Plymouth City Council |
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The
oldest New Zealand hospital still standing today, the Gables Central
Hospital built in 1847-1848 in Brooklands Park Drive, New Plymouth has
a fascinating past. 