Scott House Hospital
History
Although sometimes called an 'asylum' by urban explorers and the media, West Park was never officially termed as such, having opened as West Park Mental Hospital in 1923, the term had largely fallen out of favour by the 1920s and was made obsolete in law by the Mental Treatment Act 1930.
When complete the hospital could cater for around 2,000 patients of mixed class
The hospital was slowly run down from the mid 1990s, and by 2003 most of the hospital was closed and derelict.
In November 2010, demolition began of the former hospital buildings. As of April 2011, most of the central buildings had been cleared with only a limited number of wards, the water tower and administration building being retained for conversion to apartments, also being left behind was Scott House.
Explore
Having heard about Scott House on multiple occasions we decided to drive down the a3 and venture to the location, we parked up, being very quiet because of the twin building next door having lights on, we began to look around for a way in, spotting a door open that lead into the kitchen, we closed it behind us and stayed silent throughout the night, Scott House was eerie and very quiet, being a calm explore with no interruptions whatsoever, we took our time to take some pictures and take in the atmosphere, everything being left behind, wheel chairs, x-ray machines, ultrasound equipment, everything you could think of was left, the fire made the cobwebs look like a scene from a horror film and the ‘Ghost Spiders’ as people call them, made we stay well away from the walls!
A very easy explore, wanting to go back sometime later, we tried to explore Scott House again but unfortunately every possible entrance was now sealed, I’m glad we got in and took pictures.
History
Although sometimes called an 'asylum' by urban explorers and the media, West Park was never officially termed as such, having opened as West Park Mental Hospital in 1923, the term had largely fallen out of favour by the 1920s and was made obsolete in law by the Mental Treatment Act 1930.
When complete the hospital could cater for around 2,000 patients of mixed class
The hospital was slowly run down from the mid 1990s, and by 2003 most of the hospital was closed and derelict.
In November 2010, demolition began of the former hospital buildings. As of April 2011, most of the central buildings had been cleared with only a limited number of wards, the water tower and administration building being retained for conversion to apartments, also being left behind was Scott House.
Explore
Having heard about Scott House on multiple occasions we decided to drive down the a3 and venture to the location, we parked up, being very quiet because of the twin building next door having lights on, we began to look around for a way in, spotting a door open that lead into the kitchen, we closed it behind us and stayed silent throughout the night, Scott House was eerie and very quiet, being a calm explore with no interruptions whatsoever, we took our time to take some pictures and take in the atmosphere, everything being left behind, wheel chairs, x-ray machines, ultrasound equipment, everything you could think of was left, the fire made the cobwebs look like a scene from a horror film and the ‘Ghost Spiders’ as people call them, made we stay well away from the walls!
A very easy explore, wanting to go back sometime later, we tried to explore Scott House again but unfortunately every possible entrance was now sealed, I’m glad we got in and took pictures.
