Ahh westparkveteran, thank you again for your reply. You're right, Richmond Crescent is the name of the road that now runs along the far south side, just in front of where the original chapel was, past what is now named Ramsay House (this block remains in use by the NHS as a CAMHS service, it looks like it operates Mon - Fri for outpatients as the car park is usually deserted in the evenings and weekends, I think it's also used as a training centre for staff) Richmond Crescent runs all along to the South West side. Sadly Greenbank has gone and been replaced with larger new detached homes (they're nice though) Happily the huge mature trees were saved and it's lovely to walk along the south end - I imagine the site must look quite similar as it once did, from the outsides anyway as all the outer buildings remain with the beautiful tress. Also the lovely green shelters were saved, they're scattered around the south side.
Its interesting that Drummond was once a locked ward, that building remains now renamed Drummond Court, it looks like some changes were made at the back, I think the part that came out in the middle has gone, it's now more L shaped. I think originally that building contained Boswell, Cavendish, Drummond and Mansion wards? - was Drummond the only locked ward within that building? Or was the entire block locked?
When they converted the larger blocks to apartments, it seems to be that they often altered the shape at the back of the blocks. On the old maps the two big blocks either side of the Admin block along the south side had longer parts either end and two more in the middle - it seems that the two middle ones were taken down and a new wider one was built in the middle to make an E shape (hope that makes sense) you can also see the brickwork patched up in-between - were these bathrooms? like smaller extensions attached from the main block in-between the longer parts. These patched up bits baffle me?! They were quite narrow and looks like they extended up to the first floor? Please can you tell me what they were used for? I always assumed bathrooms but have never found this information.
Thank you again for sharing your memories, I really appreciate you taking the time. Hannahx