The windows are barred. This was the maximum-security ward.
A seasoned explorer of Cane Hill adds:
"Some windows are barred, and if you look carefully, there are also some very very small windows,
which would have been cells. We went in a few on the first ward block off a large room. The doors
were heavy wood and had sliding hatches in them, prison stylee. We never found padded cells though,
but they do exist.".
Welcome to the Browning/Blake wards (the first name mentioned
is the upstairs ward). Apart from the bars, the plans show the usual ward
configuration: large day room (the bay windows as shown), kitchen,
baths, clinic, offices and individual rooms.
See also: December 2002.
