My fave Asylum...every trip here was soo peaceful and relaxed and the sun always shone..halcyon days.
County asylums - where did they all go???
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My fave Asylum...every trip here was soo peaceful and relaxed and the sun always shone..halcyon days.
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Last time I was there secca came in with BIG dog, I was halfway up the stairs to hide above the stage as they walked past and I dropped my phone. How they didn't hear/spot/find me I'll never know.
Now that was FUN !
Back in the 90's my firm was contracted to clear all remaining contents from Roundway in Devizes prior to the developers moving in. We were there for 6 weeks along with police firearms teams practising hostage situations and fire departments learning how to use ladders ! Explored every nook and cranny but the only great find was a secured up and complete 1930's projection room complete with cinema grade projectors.... mmmmmmmmmmmm tasty
Back in the 90's my firm was contracted to clear all remaining contents from Roundway in Devizes prior to the developers moving in. We were there for 6 weeks along with police firearms teams practising hostage situations and fire departments learning how to use ladders ! Explored every nook and cranny but the only great find was a secured up and complete 1930's projection room complete with cinema grade projectors.... mmmmmmmmmmmm tasty
I hope they found their way into new hands and not a skip!
I dont suppose you took any pics when you were there?I did some contract work there when it was open but never took pics.
Another bit of Rauceby closed before Christmas, Orchard House, built as a villa for the neurotic but the war ministry made it the town hospital for the mass bombing expected in 1940, then the RAF Limb re-construction/burns unit umder Archie McIndoe. it gets stripped in a few weeks and flat by the end of Feb, I hope a friend will send Pics of the current state to Simon's Urbex site.
Yup, Sevs has been mentioned, however now't wrong with mentioning it again -I for one, never get tired of dropping Severalls Hospital into a conversation. However on the other hand, my Friends are not so glad!!!
Parts of Turner Village Hospital here in Colchester, Essex are still standing, including the Water Tower. This was an extension of the ROYAL EASTERN COUNTIES' INSTITUTION (Essex Hall Asylum).
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=google+maps+colchester+england&hl=en&ll=51.907445,0.901533&spn=0.003448,0.009645&hnear=Colchester,+Essex,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=h&z=17&vpsrc=6
Most of the Villas are still in use at the mo.
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Random old bump, but I try to keep this list up to date:
http://thetimechamber.co.uk/beta/sites/asylums/asylum-history/the-asylums-list
It isn't complete, and doesn't cover every asylum there was, such as the colonies and a couple of the MAB ones in London.
http://thetimechamber.co.uk/beta/sites/asylums/asylum-history/the-asylums-list
It isn't complete, and doesn't cover every asylum there was, such as the colonies and a couple of the MAB ones in London.
Cardiff City Asylum, now Whitchurch Hospital is largely still in use although it has a few derelict wards. Worth a nose if you can manage it, it's a medium security facility now so most doors are locked with Assa Abloy.
Also down the road from that is the old Glamorgan County Asylum, later Hensol Hospital. It's now luxury flats and marketed as Wales most exclusive postcode. They've done a fantastic job though, even the main hall is accommodation now.
Also down the road from that is the old Glamorgan County Asylum, later Hensol Hospital. It's now luxury flats and marketed as Wales most exclusive postcode. They've done a fantastic job though, even the main hall is accommodation now.
The one in Bridgend is corridor layout, pre dating the echelon design from what I remember. It's also still standing following a redevelopment and still an NHS site as far as I'm aware. Rocked up about a year ago to have a nose.
It doesn't look like that anymore... mostly now converted or built on... zoom in closer on bing and there's a more recent view (although still out of date)
This might give an idea as to what my local one looks like now.
http://spudsdailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/a-view-from-up-high.html
http://spudsdailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/a-view-from-up-high.html
They have done a very nice job with that place, similarly with Littlemore which was converted almost immediately...I'd have loved to have seen that place if it was derelict for a while it is a fantastic unique looking asylum.
I went there earlier this year, and it was in the advanced stages of being demolished, huge piles of rubble everywhere.
I used to pass it going to work but like you said it was converted very quick and hardly derelict for any time
