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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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.
P8250333 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
P8250346 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
P8250349 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
P8250359 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
P8250362 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
P8250364 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
DSC_0118 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
DSC_0076 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
DSC_0148 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
DSC_0147 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
DSC_0137 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
DSC_0131 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr