St Andrews Asylum, Norwich. August 2012

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Plans for the asylum were announced in 1876. The buildings were to be of ‘somewhat plain, simple and comparatively cheap construction’, later described as ‘a sort of go-between the Asylum and the Workhouse’.
Designed by the architects Cornish and Gaymer, they were modelled on Metropolitan Asylums Board institutions at Leavesden and Caterham. They comprised a two-storey ‘H’ shape with large and rather barn-like male and female wards linked, or rather separated, by an administrative cross-section, behind which lay a single storey complex of kitchens and staff rooms.
Costing £33,920, they accommodated 250 patients, two and a half times the original capacity.




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You must have gone shortly after I did. The red chair is exactly where I put it for my shots of it :lol:
 
I need to get back here, looks a completely different atmosphere now. Lovely pics, thanks for taking the time to share them. :)
 
You have been busy and painted those dark areas superbly fella! :)

Im still yet to see inside this one......
 
really good post, went there a cpl of days ago now diggers and a huge fence around the building. looks like some serious work going on but i thought it was a listed building
 
Cant really find much on what is going on but assume it has been sold
I found this...

Property agents Bidwells are listing the former hospital with a guide price of £2m.

Local planning provisions mean the property should continue to be used for an employment purpose such as offices.

Bidwells agent William Jones said: “It is a prime site for someone to acquire. There are very few development opportunities in and around Norwich which can be purchased on a freehold basis.”
 
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