Information - The Asylum List - 2018

[Ojay]

@Ojay what needs doing to fix the tables?

we need to sort a bbcode plugin, the old one doesn't work

 

[JURBEX4]

There is a small amount of it left. Mostly fire damaged.

Thanks!

 

[tumbles]

@Ojay can you wipe the table out and just replace with this? Saves you having to fiddle with plugins!

 

[Ojay]

I can but was gonna look into plugins this week with OT, just been mad busy

 

[NickUk]

Back by popular demand!

 

[Proxy_the_Moocher]

I found this about St Andrew's Asylum...
https://www.davidbakerphotography.c...drews-asylum-norfolk-lunatic-asylum-annexe-uk

looks like it has probably been knocked down by now

 

[tumbles]

I found this about St Andrew's Asylum...
https://www.davidbakerphotography.c...drews-asylum-norfolk-lunatic-asylum-annexe-uk

looks like it has probably been knocked down by now

Just the annex remains - it’s grade 2 listed iirc

 

[ZestyCrowd]

St Crispins has been destroyed. Went during October and there were no buildings left, just new housing

I went there last night, buildings are still there, maybe you was looking in the wrong place, on google maps type in st crispens park and its near there (20 july 2018)

 

[PsychoticDust]

I went there last night, buildings are still there, maybe you was looking in the wrong place, on google maps type in st crispens park and its near there (20 july 2018)

Hi, I was wondering how you got in? I've not been before but some friends and I are going to check it out. Thanks!

 

[tumbles]

Hi, I was wondering how you got in? I've not been before but some friends and I are going to check it out. Thanks!

Go and have a look it’s not difficult

 

[PsychoticDust]

Go and have a look it’s not difficult

That was always the plan..... :-/

 

[Angiegrace]

Part of the old saxondale hospital is a restaurant i believe, if any of you ever visit Nottingham take a look at the old site. Its got fabulous houses now. All the tea in China would not make me live there, part of the old Mapperley hospital still stands, most been turned into apartments, its now known as the wells road centre the part that is still in service, I will hopefully be able to post pictures of how saxondale and Mapperley used to look.

 

[raisinwing]

Regards St Edward's at Cheddleton, Staffs Past Track have got quite a lot of interesting photographs that may be worth adding to CA, they tend to be quite good at granting permission.

Searching for Cheddleton brings up a lot: https://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/Search.aspx?PageIndex=1&SortOrder=2&Keyword=cheddleton

Few particularly nice photos:
Christmas Party

Construction

Asylum Railway

Billiards Team

Stores

 

[mookster]

This weekend is Oxford Open Doors and one of the many venues being opened to the public for the weekend was the Warneford Hospital in Headington. The little asylum is somewhere I had always wanted to see close up as I used to go past it every day on the way to school and, like many, I love Victorian hospitals.

The first part was built in the 1820s and it was expanded in 1877. I think it's unlike any other asylum of it's era as it was built as a private hospital for more wealthy patients needing mental health treatment. The vast majority of people committed to an asylum in Oxford ended up at Littlemore. It's a beautiful compact little asylum primarily composed of a pair of straight buildings (one with a little clock tower) with wards at either end running parallel to each other connected by a corridor in the middle with other services branching off from it. The small size of the hospital meant that an auditorium was never built so patient entertainment and other things took place in the chapel instead.

It's been largely unchanged since it was built with only a handful of more modern additions joined onto it and some more modern buildings constructed in the grounds. The trust are looking to massively expand the hospital however as, being an old listed building, there is only so much they can do within the confines of it's walls.

I managed to snap a few photos of a small part of the inside as well as the chapel but wasn't sure if we were allowed to or not...

 

[tumbles]

Nice any chance we could nab some pics for CA?