County asylums - where did they all go???

[Ubermutant]

The Old Manor hospital, formerly an asylum (Fisherton Asylm or something) in Salisbury is still half standing because its partly listed. The non listed bits are being knocked down at the moment and the security is very very tight...of course its also just across the road from the law courts and the police HQ....

 

[TeeJF]

Prestwich Asylum - still has parts left, Clifton House (the annex) is the Edenfield Centre, also parts still remain around the side of Tesco

St James - Portsmouth - is still Live - I'm going to have a look tomorrow if I get time.

That's interesting. I thought all of the old Prestiwch asylum was gone apart from an entry arch which leads to the new buildings. As to St. James, if it's still live entry will be out I guess. I've been pointed at another site by a kind chappie and it lists all the asylums and gives a rough idea what's happened to them all. There's a surprising number are still fully in use!

Enjoy your visit.

M and T

 

[st33ly]

Rubery Hill (Hollymoor asylum)

chapel and water tower still standing

Grade 2 listed.

 

[TeeJF]

Vanishing Asylums

I'd just like to thank everyone for the brilliant input you've made to our recent question regarding vanishing Victorian asylums. I've loads of food for thought now and Tonto and I have lots to look out for. Sadly the reading material is a different matter - it seems awfully thin on the ground. Cheers all.

 

[mookster]

Paid a visit to Barrow Gurney today, it's apparent no demolition has taken place for some time - its like they upped and left one day after demoing half the site. Still a great relaxed wander though.

 

[krela]

Paid a visit to Barrow Gurney today, it's apparent no demolition has taken place for some time - its like they upped and left one day after demoing half the site. Still a great relaxed wander though.

AFAIK the buildings that are left are under bat preservation orders and cannot be demolished until alternative accomodation (bat houses) have been built.

 

[TeeJF]

Gotta love bats, they can come to mine. I've already got a box up but clearly it's not well enough appointed for fussy wussy northern bats...

 

[Ellis]

would be good to make something like this

http://lh.matthewbeckett.com/

which is obviously for country houses so many gone, but well documented would be great to have this kind of info documented on asylums

 

[Engineer]

There were three Asylums at Bridgend, (South Wales).

Glan Rhydd, Angelton and Parc Gwyllt. Parc Gwyllt was demolished and a prison now occupies the site.

 

[Krypton]

The Information you have for Asylums in the North East of England is all wrong.

Cherry Knowle - Sunderland Asylum - Totally Demolished (I was there last week).
St Georges - Morpeth - Still intact - Security can be difficult.
St Marys - Stannington - Only Admin, Chapel, Water Tower and i believe two Wards remain.
St Lukes - Middlesbrough - the Victorian Asylum was demolished in about 3 weeks of it closing last year i think.
Winterton - County Durham Borough Asylum - The Chapel remains boarded up in the middle of a housing development and a couple of boring wards remain on the site that are all boarded up.

We have lost three Asylums in the space of two years.

 

[TeeJF]

The Information you have for Asylums in the North East of England is all wrong.

Ahhh yes, it was an old posting. After we had got the first spate of answers we went and did Cherry Knowle and Stannington and there was a considerable amount of both left standing. They've dropped them at a rate of knots sadly.

There are some decent pix of both those asylums on our reports in here AND via our website link below.

Thanks again.

 

[Krypton]

I was at Cherry Knowle early December and there was nothing at all left.

All that i could find were these keys sticking out of the mud on the floor.

 

[Jimthething]

The biggest one around this part of the world (East Yorkshire) was Broadgate hospital near Beverley. Been closed about 20 years now and I think it's been redeveloped as housing now but this link shows some good photos of it a few years after closure and there's some pictures from when it was still in use. http://www.countyasylums.com/mentalasylums/broadgate01.htm -Although I guess it's only the same site as Krela's link!
Also found this interesting bit of info about some of the Hull area private asylums of the Victorian era http://www.eylhs.org.uk/asylums.pdf
I know it's going back a bit further but still interesting.

I don't know if anybody else has ever done any genealogy research but the last column in the old census forms asks if the individual is "Deaf-and-dumb, blind, idiot or imbecile or a lunatic". Political correctness gone m...m...mm...mad sir!

 

[Krypton]

High Royds isnt that bad either - some of the femail wards have been converted to housing but other than that its still really good - was there in the summer but caught by security so i didnt get very far haha - word of warning to stay away from the admin block if your going because they patrol inside which i didnt know at the time

 

[highcannons]

With the advent of Unitary Authorities most of the County Asylums have been renamed.

 

[banshee]

this ones still alive.now expensive flats .
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...n&safe=active&sa=N&gbv=2&tbm=isch&um=1&itbs=1

 

[klempner69]

Havent read all the comments but did anyone mention Severalls..and Harperbury is still hanging in there

 

[stevejd]

Most of them were demolished as rarely were any buildings listed.

Rauceby, Lincoln - mostly demolished, what's left is stripped out
St. John's, Lincoln - partly demoed/converted
Fairmile, Oxfordshire - stripped ready for conversion
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Rauceby, Sleaford remains unconverted, partial demolition in prep for this. no changes since 2008 due to recession. if you've got £1.5 m you can buy one of the last remaining working buildings. Just the childrens unit in operation

 

[lilli]

You've all missed Whitecroft on the Isle of Wight

Its converted now but I dont think too many apartments got sold due to the devolpment company going under, I would post some piccies up but I no longer have them

 

[KingRat]

...and don't forget Hellingly (loved that water tower climb)