Old Barrett Street Hospital Gates.

In less than forty years these gates have gone from representing.

HOPE - CARE - and  LIFE
              to
POLITICS - BUREAUCRACY - and  GREED.

Barrett Street Hospital Gates, Dawson Street, New Plymouth.

Today we sat on the footpath and sketched the old Barrett Street Hospital Gates. They are old and broken, padlocked with a

                                                                WARNING
                                                     Tresspasers will be prosecuted

sign, and have grass and weeds growing around them.

I found them a challenge to sketch and capture their age and dilapidation. Once they must have stood proud.

Here is my sketch:

Old Barrett St Hospital Gates

A shadow of its former self, these ornate gates, were rusting. 

An unwelcoming sign, padlocks and weeds greet the passer by.