Gateshead Borough Mental Asylum sep 2009

[tripod]

This place was fantastic , first opened as a pauper asylum in 1913 and changed to a mental hospital and army base duriing the war , now derelict since its closure in 1995. Spent 6 hours here and only covered half of it ! only disturbed by the odd dog walker ..

the corridors and stairs make amazing photos

snips the hairdressers was in a slight state

many more shots to come if you like these ....

 

[jonney]

St.Mary's at Stannington, don't you just love this place. Nice to see some different photo's of it

 

[Anthillmob74]

what a lovely place. was it designed by the designer of west park? bits of it look so similar.

 

[clebby]

West Park is William C Clifford-Smith, and St Marys is GT Hine. They're similar though... Hine also designed Hellingly. In fact, this place and Hellingly have exactly the same admin blocks.

 

[lost]

Wow it's like being inside a virtual reality St. Mary's.

 

[tripod]

St Marys Asylum - More pics

thanks for the comments , yes it was hine , he was the architect of literally dozens of asylums in the early to mid 1900s. This place is still well kept and unvandalised due to its remote location and well worth a visit.

heres some more of the best stuff !

the hall still has the tell tale holes where people have attempted the run to the other side across the rotten floor ! lol , it has taken some ankles in its time

the underground tunnels were mint , despite the sewage and asbestos ...

still more to follow !

 

[freebird]

Nice work! It's good to see the place. The HDR gives it such a surreal feel.

 

[tripod]

St Marys Asylum - Part 3 - last but not least !

Saved the best bits till last !

HDR is loved and hated , but in this surrounding I think it is perfect !

bringing the garden home !

this mask should have given the game away when we got in this boiler room , took as a while to see the asbestos hanging from the walls , the mask was a nice momento of the day !

The inhabitants had a strange affection for locks and keys ???? even devoted a workshop to them !

the find of the day , and probably the hardest to get a shot of was the dental surgery

and finally on a lighter note they seemed to like their celebrations here too

thanks for looking and commenting on the shots ......

 

[Krypton]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOh Keys !!!! I love keys!
Great pics as well. The HDR isnt OTT and adds to the effect of the place.

Jack

 

[lost]

You found sewage in the tunnels?

 

[mexico75]

St Marys is a great site, looks like you got round most of it. What is it with ********* and fake blood though Is that in the dentists?

 

[tripod]

St Marys

Yeah know what you mean about the fake blood , still had to take a photo anyway ! , and thanks for the comments on the hdr , nice to see people appreciate it , heres one final shot that i should of included - the building itself !

And i think we missed a whole half of the buildings namely the female blocks , plus we never found the morgue ! so we will be returning ....

 

[tripod]

st marys

yeah lost , it smelt like sewage anyway , and the blood was in the dentists ...

 

[james.s]

Very nice work, well done!

 

[plazzyman]

ooooooohhhhhhh !!peely paint heven i lurrrvvve peeling paint ,the hdr is spot on not too much just enough to bring out the colour and detail, cracking shots and a cracking explore nice one
p.s.any one ask kernow if he left his gimp mask there lol (see his avatar)

 

[Anthillmob74]

cracking set of pics.

 

[tripod]

St Marys

Ahh great comments people thx , seen as you like them so much heres another , this ones just plain weird , a man ( presumably one of the onsite painter having his picture took with a paint brush . Fair reason to have him admitted I would of thought ...

 

[borntobemild]

fantastic pics. Thought that last one was a self portrait for a moment

I was born in Gateshead, and though I moved away when I was a kid, visited regularly. Never knew this place existed. Thanks for posting.

 

[tripod]

st marys

Been working on this shot and thought i would post , hdr 5 exp , tone mapped , dodge and burn on the whole room and applied an eery colour cast ...

what you think ?

 

[tripod]

st marys

HDR shot of my explorer friend !