Napsbury-Feb 2013

[Canonguy]

history courtesy of ast92:The Middlesex County Asylum was founded in 1898 with the hospital designed in a country estate style by architect Rowland Plumbe in 1900, who also rebuilt, to his designs, the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel in 1897.

The hospital was designed for 1,205 residents, and the grounds were designed by William Goldring.

Napsbury opened, following the construction of the numerous buildings and extensive grounds on June 3, in 1905. According to Middlesex County Record, the initial cost, including land and equipment, was £545,000, or £473 per bed. In 1908 Plumbe designed an extension to accommodate a further 600 patients.

During the First World War, Napsbury was used for and known as the County of Middlesex War Hospital, which tended for soldiers wounded at the Front.Following this, in the late 1920s a nurses home was also added to the site, further adding to the variety of different buildings and facilities at the site.

Although Napsbury suffered some bomb damaged in the Blitz, it was in continuous use as a hospital until its closure in 1998. Due to its largely untouched parkland, Napsbury was listed by English Heritage as a Grade II Historic Park and Garden in 2001.

All buildings were demolished/converted 2001-3 but the nurses accommodation at the back remains mid conversion

i did find the other abandoned building on the site but it didnt seem worth a look in

*(if there's any spelling/grammar mistakes sorry about that but is my dyslexic )*

fullset:http://www.flickr.com/photos/samcain/sets/72157632851538250/

learn something new on every explore :cool2:

random :dunno2:

part of a rabbit

some massive holes covered with thin ply :shock:

this statement is goming ture with people setting fire to it and graffitiing it

CHAIRS!!! :lol: :cool2:

a few pairs of old shoes lying around

BOOM! another chair i was really happy when i found this one

the smaller part of the site was a mess

loads of golfballs on the feild side of the building must have been aiming for the windows

sorry about the sun light directly into the camera i forgot my lens hood

a cheeky bit of natural framing

i think these are drying racks :dunno:

the "done up" part

i tripped over this about 1000 times

saw him in the fuji building :dunno: i googled it and its a documentry on banksy http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7111259/docoBANKSYwebsite/www.docobanksy.com/a_film_has_been_found_about_banksy.html

 

[shaddam]

looks like an interesting place !, thanks for sharing

 

[Shush]

What a horrible looking asylum, nothing like the usual

Thanks for sharing

Really like the framed photo

 

[Canonguy]

thanks guys an i think this was the nurse accomadation but not sure :dunno:

 

[silverainbow]

That's seriously trashed, worth a look round though, not too dissimilar to one pretty close to us, thanks for posting

 

[Canonguy]

 

[Rik]

Just been looking at this place on Google Earth, it is still there or demolished? Looks an interesting explore and not too far from myself. Especially like the corridor shot. I am sucker for a corridor lol.

 

[Dubbednavigator]

That part is the former nurses block from what i remember about the place, the only other pictures i have seen on it date pre 2007

Has a FANTASTIC hall.

 

[Shush]

very noice chap, liked that one very muchly

 

[Siren]

I love a nice rotten, grimy explore! This ticks my boxes, love the shots! Especially the coridoor with the heart grafitti