Published: 13:00 GMT, 9 April 2015 | Updated: 20:01 GMT, 9 April 2015. The lauded James Wilkes who was medical superintendent of the asylum from 1841 - 1855 said this about conditions before he arrived at his post. your own Pins on Pinterest These eerie photographs show the inside of an abandoned 19th century Victorian asylum which has lay dormant for 20 years. Roman Robroek When looking at photographs of abandoned, crumbling hospitals, it's natural to wonder and pay respect to the patients who were once treated there. The first of these are due to be occupied by early next year, according to property developer Shropshire Homes, An eerie exterior: The imposing asylum looms over a site in Stafford in the West Midlands. This included workshops and bakeries bringing capacity to just under 1,000. Here it is pictured how it looked in 1940, A glimpse into the past: Broken windows dominate the 197-year-old asylum, which is now due to be turned into apartments. St George's County Asylum first opened in 1818 and once housed nearly 1,000 patients, Run down: Shattered doors, overturned bathtubs and crumbling floors dominate the Grade II listed St George's County Asylum in Stafford, Empty room: The asylum was initially large enough for 120 patients but between 1879 and 1884 two extra wings were added. “It is also the largest hospital that I have visited. Some abandoned hospitals aren't only run-down; they're creepy. staffordshire history staffordshire urbex stoke on trent urbex urban exploration … Over 2.6 million people watched a horror film dealing with poltergeist phenomena in Gonjiam. Imagine visiting an abandoned, dilapidated hospital by yourself. Jul 9, 2017 - Chewy's Urban Exploration - Saint George's Asylum, Stafford. The means of restraint employed were the leather muff and wrist straps, iron handcuffs, long leather sleeves, hobbles for the legs, the restraint chair and various other devices, according to James Wilkes who was medical superintendent of the asylum from 1841-1855, An entrance to history: The Grade II listed building as it can be seen today. 32 photos Talgarth Hospital/ asylum... 25 photos Abandoned factory, Darlaston. Fall Hill Plantation Fredericksburg, Virginia 8.5 miles from Stafford, VA. Fall Hill Plantation is a private residence haunted by a Native American Sioux princess named Katina who was engaged as a nanny for the Thorton family who lived here in the 1770s. It closed three years later in 1995. Stafford Hospital is a 100-bed, Joint Commission-accredited community hospital in the heart of Stafford County, directly off Interstate 95, exit 140. 'Previous to the year 1841, mechanical restraints were part of the system of treatment habitually employed. 'Many of them were employed day and night. your own Pins on Pinterest 11 ... Wordsley Hospital. Time for change: Property developer Shropshire Homes is beginning work on demolishing parts of the asylum beyond repair as part of a project to revamp the structure into 102 apartments. This group of three buildings was constructed over a series of eighteen years, from 1896-1914. “It looked like it had been there since the 1920s by the way it was designed. Today the hospital, like the rest of Letchworth, is completely abandoned. So this weekend after work I decided on a revisit to St George’s hospital in Stafford as on our previous visit we only managed some external due to on going building work nearby. Warren Tepper visited the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary that since its closure in 2012, remains eerily alive and in parts so badly affected by mould that all that can be seen is a sea of green. This included workshops and bakeries bringing capacity to just under 1,000. “The bits that stood out to me most were the operating theatre lights and the X-ray charts that still had power and the chapel, with the very cool marble and the stained-glass windows. An abandoned hospital in Italy. “This place was so big that we ended up getting lost and it took a couple of hours to find where we were and how to get back and find our way out.”. Discover (and save!) NHS steps up security at abandoned hospital buildings plagued by urban explorers. Large lights in the operating theatres still switch-on and in contrast, chipped paint clings to the walls and ceiling. It will soon undergo a major makeover project, Back in the day: Taken in 1992, this picture show what the asylum looked like before falling into disrepair. We are proud to care for our neighbors of Stafford County and the region. The hospital shut its doors in 1995 and 145 long-term patients who still lived at the asylum were re-located into the surrounding community. May 23, 2017 - Explore Julie Lehman's board "Old pictures of Stafford" on Pinterest. Suicide cages were erected in the stairwells after a female patient threw herself off the fourth floor and landed near the reception. 'The means of restraint employed were the leather muff and wrist straps, iron handcuffs, long leather sleeves, hobbles for the legs, the restraint chair and various other devices. An urban explorer has toured a Staffordshire hospital which has been abandoned for six years, but still has functioning power in the operating theatre and X-ray deparment and running water. The director of the DeJarnette Sanatorium, one of the most controversial institutions in the state, believed in eugenics -- a horrifying process by which patients would be forced to undergo sterilization. There are also reports of prevalent dysentery and syphilis. Discover (and save!) A mysterious past: The history of this 19th century asylum in the West Midlands saw patients being restrained by means of 'the leather muff,' 'iron handcuffs' and 'restraint chair'. Property developer Shropshire Homes is beginning work on demolishing parts of the asylum beyond repair as part of a project to revamp the structure into 102 apartments. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. The hospital shut its doors in 1995 and 145 long-term patients were re-located into the community. Pearl Veterinary Hospital is the greater DC area’s loving go-to for holistic and general care services for your beloved pets. Long gone now but my Irish ancestors must have walked down this street in the mid 1800s LiamCH has uploaded 3858 photos to Flickr. In addition many of the patients were confined to their beds by means of straps passing through iron loops. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Opened in 1818, the asylum … The once psychiatric hospital is home to many rumors of ghosts. One of the pavilions was demolished to make way for the operating block which was added in the 1950. Some people have done it and gotten the fright of their lives. Derelict and abandoned buildings ... Stafford nuclear bunker. 'Above all it was evident that the system adopted had a natural and inevitable tendency to demoralise if not to brutalize the attendants.'. abandoned abandoned asylum abandoned hospital county asylum derelict lunatic asylum old buldings st george hospital stafford. “We visited at night and were not sure if anyone else was inside the hospital, the corridors were very long and pitch black, so we could only see what our lights would let us see. This particular list differs in that it is arranged chronologically; it also acts as an index to the hospital files at Historic England's Archives. Travelling through the dark long corridors with just light from the camera, the ‘urbexer’ from Hampshire, admits he got lost for many hours. Derelict buildings in Staffordshire, UK | ShotHotspot, the photography locations search engine. 19 photos Britmet Tileform Ltd, Dudley. A Gazetteer of Historic Asylums and Mental Hospitals in England, 1660-1948 There are many lists on the web of psychiatric hospitals, former mental hospitals or lunatic asylums. The project is planned for completion by early 2017, Beyond repair: Director of property developer Shropshire Homes, Howard Thorne, said parts of the asylum being demolished were 'structurally unsound' and that it was impossible for them to be preserved, Going back in time: St George's County Asylum, which was renamed St George’s Hospital in 1937, was built at a time when Pauper Asylums were being constructed nationwide. Young men launching themselves into battle a world away from... America's rustbucket Reserve Navy: The haunting 'ghost'... 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