Thanks waeshael :) It actually was the front door to the director's residence of the Mount Stromlo Observatory - just near Canberra in Australia. The whole observatory (multiple buildings and telescopes) was lost in the massive Canberra fires of 2003.
http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/The-telescope-at-Mount-Stromlo-after-the-2003-bushfire/
Humorous title.