Northern Asylum, annex and boiler house, April and May 2011

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Visited with V70, I thought this place was still in use, wouldn't have known about it were it not for his keen derelict building senses.
The annex was built at around the same time as the main hospital, in the mid 1800s. Latterly I think it was used as an addiction rehabilitation unit and to treat eating disorders. My aunt was sent here to recover from anorexia in the early 1980s.


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It has quite a lot of personal belongings inside, not related to the hospital but to the people who started an abortive restoration/conversion project.


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From the air


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One room has been converted, not to my tastes... There's a mess of pigeon and buzzard feathers on the floor, I wonder which came off better.


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Rude dolphin.


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Flying saucer light fitting.


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Lots of obscure old engine pistons and rings sit in foosty boxes in the ground floor.


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Some of the plaster had been stripped off for damp proofing, completed in 2006.


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Main staircase.


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Cornices, upstairs hall.


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Dumb waiter in the old fashioned basement kitchen, no stainless steel here. It must have closed long before the main hospital did in 2000.


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Old cigarette packet in the basement.


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Sketchy fire escape. It was tried of course.

Boiler house


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The boiler house is pleasingly old fashioned, built in the mid 1930s and not updated much since.


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Particularly after I've been in.


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CRT graveyard.


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Sight gauges


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There used to be a lot more hospital tat stored in here, and power. Sadly the power's gone - me and rjg_scotland had fun testing the chairs a few years ago.


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Not sure why it says 'DANGER', it seemed quite sturdy.


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Control panels are about the most modern items in there.

The boilers are pretty impressive, made in 1936!

Here's a photo of the hospital.


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Was that dolphin still inflated when you found it?

Aye it was.

ah i like that, the boiler house is really special as well, cheers fella

love your pics, some luk quite spooky

It's a nice place, anything hospitally left behind?

There's a derelict wing of the main hospital still untouched.

Boilerhouse is great.
I think the type of boiler is what is called a " Lancashire Boiler" .
I used to work in the NHS as a Boilerman on night shift.
Always love to see pictures of old boilers ;-)

lovely work

Great Pics...
Not sure of the big stuffed bear though

Loojks shit amte

Poor man's Broomhill.

Aww the bear looks so sad I want to home him. lol. It must be strange to see so many personal belongings still around?

It was a bit strange, my main concern being that the house wasn't as disused as I thought.

Here are a few shots from the intact part of the main hospital block


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The current view, that of a building site and a shell of a building is too depressing

That tiled corridor's one to rival Stoneshouse's. I notice the annexe and the Super's share quite a few similar details inside. I wonder if they were both designed by the same architect.