This was my first proper explore back when i didn't have a decent camera. Went back a few times recently with a better camera once solo & twice with Ferox (nice one mate 
always feels better to have some company wandering about this place), first time we went it was too dark & he didn't get the shots he needed so arranged another stupid o'clock in the morning trip. We didn't hear many unsettling noises which the place is notorious for, been in there solo a few times before at night and in the day and heard many unsettling noises. Something to bear in mind it is kind of in the city centre so a lot of the noises could probably be coming from outside.
Found out from a 'friend of a friend' who used to work there as a nurse that the top floor was for private elderly patients & a lot of them talked about the 'friendly nun' who came in & looked after them/watched over them at night, no nuns worked here at that time. She also said there is meant to be a 'secret chapel' other than the chapel in the middle, don't know if there is or not but i doubt it...
History
"It is a Grade II listed former orphanage and maternity hospital developed as a sequence of buildings from 1872 through to the 1950’s. The original building is a two storey, red brick building in a high gothic style with a tower over the original entrance. The later 1930’s and 1950’s buildings are in a simple modernist style in brick. The buildings are arranged around a courtyard but one that is hidden from view despite its central location."
first visit
visit with Ferox
and when we went back to get better light
always feels better to have some company wandering about this place), first time we went it was too dark & he didn't get the shots he needed so arranged another stupid o'clock in the morning trip. We didn't hear many unsettling noises which the place is notorious for, been in there solo a few times before at night and in the day and heard many unsettling noises. Something to bear in mind it is kind of in the city centre so a lot of the noises could probably be coming from outside.Found out from a 'friend of a friend' who used to work there as a nurse that the top floor was for private elderly patients & a lot of them talked about the 'friendly nun' who came in & looked after them/watched over them at night, no nuns worked here at that time. She also said there is meant to be a 'secret chapel' other than the chapel in the middle, don't know if there is or not but i doubt it...
History
"It is a Grade II listed former orphanage and maternity hospital developed as a sequence of buildings from 1872 through to the 1950’s. The original building is a two storey, red brick building in a high gothic style with a tower over the original entrance. The later 1930’s and 1950’s buildings are in a simple modernist style in brick. The buildings are arranged around a courtyard but one that is hidden from view despite its central location."
first visit
visit with Ferox
and when we went back to get better light
