Some Background On The Place:
Cefn Coed should be regarded as perhaps one of the most significant county asylums built. One of the last purpose built, one of the last designed by the great, late, George T Hine and one of the last to close.
The first Welsh asylum for the mentally ill was opened in Swansea at May Hill in 1815, followed in 1844 by Vernon House in Briton Ferry. The Glamorgan County Asylum in Bridgend opened twenty years later to serve the whole of the county of Glamorgan. But with the 1891 Public Health Act required each County Borough to build its own asylum . This took a long time to implement, for initially Townhill was thought to be the place to build an asylum, until in 1908 the Cefn Coed site was considered. Nearly 250 mentally ill persons from the Swansea area were being treated elsewhere. Eventually land was purchased, and the foundations were nearly complete when during the First World War shortage of labour and materials caused a halt. Building work began in 1928, utilising Unemployment Relief schemes, as with the erection of the Guildhall and Tir John Power Station. The Swansea Mental Hospital was opened in December 1932 by the Princess Royal (the daughter of King George V).
The first patients were transferred from Talgarth Hospital, where mentally ill persons from the Swansea area had previously been treated. Besides the mentally ill, at first Cefn Coed also accommodated mentally handicapped persons who required permanent care. Some in the local community thought that whenever the hospital’s chapel bell was rung that it signified that ‘someone had escaped’
During the Second World War, Cefn Coed was used as a casualty Hospital, and at that time the first ECT machine was installed.
Recently Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Health Board has announced that Cefn Coed Hospital will close within four years, to be replaced by specialist units, such as the new 60-bed unit Ysbryd y Coed which provides care for older people with dementia.
The place has active security and theres alot of people that use the walkpaths, getting in unnoticed is difficult.
We explored the entire unused part of the building but unfortunately could not enter the tunnels that lie under the site.
It’s in relatively good condition and fortunately has not been vandalised by a lot of those who visit these abandoned places.
I hope you enjoy my first thread, documenting the most up to date report on this revolutionary asylum.
An outside view of the place
we’re in!
hospital bed in the middle of a hall
dark hallway
all this storage and junk left to waste
the laundry room!
fire escape
where does this lead?
doors upon doors
medical machinery?
the place smells exactly how you would imagine
metal sheets around the entire site!
comfy arm chair
the walls naturally peeling
a gym!
propped with a fire extinguisher?
very dark !
not gonna use that anytime soon
previous groups
this tree with no leaves
Fuck This
Results pending
the rooftops
this place is gigantic
I mean it when i say its massive, this is only one part!
Thank you for reading my report
I hope to create more soon!
| BBNC |
Ryhs
Cefn Coed should be regarded as perhaps one of the most significant county asylums built. One of the last purpose built, one of the last designed by the great, late, George T Hine and one of the last to close.
The first Welsh asylum for the mentally ill was opened in Swansea at May Hill in 1815, followed in 1844 by Vernon House in Briton Ferry. The Glamorgan County Asylum in Bridgend opened twenty years later to serve the whole of the county of Glamorgan. But with the 1891 Public Health Act required each County Borough to build its own asylum . This took a long time to implement, for initially Townhill was thought to be the place to build an asylum, until in 1908 the Cefn Coed site was considered. Nearly 250 mentally ill persons from the Swansea area were being treated elsewhere. Eventually land was purchased, and the foundations were nearly complete when during the First World War shortage of labour and materials caused a halt. Building work began in 1928, utilising Unemployment Relief schemes, as with the erection of the Guildhall and Tir John Power Station. The Swansea Mental Hospital was opened in December 1932 by the Princess Royal (the daughter of King George V).
The first patients were transferred from Talgarth Hospital, where mentally ill persons from the Swansea area had previously been treated. Besides the mentally ill, at first Cefn Coed also accommodated mentally handicapped persons who required permanent care. Some in the local community thought that whenever the hospital’s chapel bell was rung that it signified that ‘someone had escaped’
During the Second World War, Cefn Coed was used as a casualty Hospital, and at that time the first ECT machine was installed.
Recently Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Health Board has announced that Cefn Coed Hospital will close within four years, to be replaced by specialist units, such as the new 60-bed unit Ysbryd y Coed which provides care for older people with dementia.
The place has active security and theres alot of people that use the walkpaths, getting in unnoticed is difficult.
We explored the entire unused part of the building but unfortunately could not enter the tunnels that lie under the site.
It’s in relatively good condition and fortunately has not been vandalised by a lot of those who visit these abandoned places.
I hope you enjoy my first thread, documenting the most up to date report on this revolutionary asylum.
An outside view of the place
we’re in!
hospital bed in the middle of a hall
dark hallway
all this storage and junk left to waste
the laundry room!
fire escape
where does this lead?
doors upon doors
medical machinery?
the place smells exactly how you would imagine
metal sheets around the entire site!
comfy arm chair
the walls naturally peeling
a gym!
propped with a fire extinguisher?
very dark !
not gonna use that anytime soon
previous groups
this tree with no leaves
Fuck This
Results pending
the rooftops
this place is gigantic
I mean it when i say its massive, this is only one part!
Thank you for reading my report
I hope to create more soon!
| BBNC |
Ryhs
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