misc | asylum list v2
Last update: 17|10|09



In 1914, there were 108,837 patients in 102 asylums throughout the UK, with 81 of these sanatoriums being built within the previous 67 years. By the end of the 20th century, many of these facilities had closed or were being gradually run down. Some were demolished outright, others were converted, and minority are standing empty, run-down and derelict.

A list of asylums was first compiled by Dr. Jeremy Taylor for his definitive publication Hospital And Asylum Architecture 1840-1914. Taylor's work became the basis of SAVE's Mind Of Matter, which concentrated solely on public (and some private) asylums, an authoritative study which summarised each asylum along with its current condition and its future.

Upon the widespread use of the Internet, and the emergence of the seminal UK urban exploration scene (which was initially concerned with asylums) it seemed appropriate to publish a new version of the asylum list. Not only did this reveal the current situation but it also allowed geographically dispersed urban explorers to discover their "local" asylums and so the number of institutions explored and recorded started to grow.

The vast majority of the work is Taylor's and I am indebted to him and his original research. I must also give thanks to the explorers, local historians and preservationists who contacted me with corrections and even additions to the list (early omissions included Severalls and Stone). SAVE also used this list to update their own records.

The first version of the "asylum list" (as it became known) was compiled and researched in 2002. The amount of information on the Internet at that time wasn’t extensive enough for my armchair research and some locations were not pinpointed accurately or at all. By 2008, a wealth of new material was on-line: County Asylums (by Peter Cracknell), Index of English and Welsh Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals (by Andrew Roberts) and Old Maps. And in that six year period, some buildings had been demolished or converted, whilst others had just shut with uncertain futures.

Therefore this new version of the asylum list has been created by cross referencing these sources and updating the status of the buildings to reflect the experiences of myself and other explorers. A notable inclusion is also a brief summary of the building's form e.g. Corridor, Pavilion, Echelon etc. These should be taken as guidelines as classification of the building's type is a difficult art and the buildings should be studied in detail to fully appreciate their nuances.

The annexe at Prestwich (Lancashire County Asylum) almost defies classification. A quarter of this structure is still extant.

On-line mapping tools are more extensive than ever before, but each offers varying resolution of a location, pictures taken at different times and contrasting functionality. Rather than pick one, or attempt to pick the best for each location (a situation which could change overnight), I've linked each asylum to the four principle on-line mapping websites: MultiMap, Google Earth, Live Search and Flash Earth. The difference between each is sometimes quite startling.

The list has also been repackaged as a Google Earth KMZ file. If you have the Google Earth application, you can load this file and view all the asylums, and descriptions of each, as a dynamic map. Its ease of use makes it a worthwhile endeavour in itself, but it also allows the geographic placement of the asylums, and various clusters, to be fully appreciated.

urbex|uk Asylum List V2 Google Earth File
Click on the icon to left to download the file in Google Earth.
(Google Earth is free and can be downloaded from Google Earth Downloads)

  Buildings mostly demolished, converted, or used for new purpose.
  Buildings stand empty and unused.
  Buildings still in use for mental health care.

Placements are located on the Admin building in the complex or midway between an asylum and its associated annexe.

Double-click the placement to navigate to the asylum and view summarised information about it.

References:
Hospital And Asylum Architecture 1840-1914 by Dr. Jeremy Taylor
Mind Over Matter by SAVE
County Asylums by Peter Cracknell
Index of English and Welsh Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals by Andrew Roberts
Old Maps by Landmark Information Group

  Simon Cornwell
February 2008

Copyright Peter 2007
Master key for the former Warwick County Lunatic Asylum


Yorkshire And Northern Regional Health Authority: (North England And Yorkshire)
1. Broadgate, Beverly, North Yorkshire
Originally: East Riding Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1868-71
Architect: CH Howell
Size: 310 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed 1989, demolished 1991, now housing.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
2. Cherry Knowle, Ryhope, Sunderland
Originally: Sunderland Borough Asylum
Built: 1895
Architect: GT Hine
Size: Unknown
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: The main buildings are an excellent example of a small G T Hine compact arrow asylum. Most of the villas around the site are still in use for mental health services. The old asylum is to be totally demolished and a new mental health hospital is to be built on its footprint. Currently derelict.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | My Ryhope | Cherry Knowle Hospital
3. Clifton, York, North Yorkshire
Originally: York And East Ridings Asylum
Built: 1847-49
Architect: Scott & Moffatt
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed 1994, sold to property developers 1995, demolished. New housing occupies the site. Chapel and modern laundry still standing.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | York Stories
4. De La Pole, Willerby, Hull, Humberside
Originally: Hull Borough Asylum
Built: 1883
Architect: Smith & Broderick
Size: 734 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed 1997, mostly demolished (chapel and some ancillary buildings remain). Now an industrial estate.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
5. Garlands, Carleton, Carlisle, Cumbria
Originally: Cumberland And Westmorland Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1862
Architect: Thomas Worthington
Size: 200 patients
Status: Closed 1997, looks mostly demolished and replaced by housing. Some ward blocks remain.
Type: Corridor
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
6. High Royds, Menston, Yorkshire
Originally: West Riding Asylum
Built: 1884-1888
Architect: Vickers Edwards
Size: 2500 patients
Type: Broad Arrow
Status: Closed 2003 and used as a film set until the end of 2005. Redevelopment has started.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | urbex|uk
7. Middlewood, Wadsley Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Originally: West Riding of Yorkshire County Asylum
Built: 1869-1872
Architect: Bernard Hartley
Size: 400
Type: Corridor
Status: Mostly demolished, now mostly housing. Some male wards converted. Admin currently being coverted. Picture by Steven Hull
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
8. Naburn, Fulford, York, North Yorkshire
Originally: York Borough Asylum
Built: 1903
Architect: A Creer
Size: 486 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed 1988, totally demolished 1988. A shopping centre now occupies the site.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
9. Scalebor Park, Burley In Wharfedale, West Yorkshire
Originally: Scalebor Park (Originally private)
Built: 1895
Architect: Unknown
Size: 300 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed 1995, mostly demolished, rest converted to housing.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: Burley History Trail
10. St George's, Morpeth, Northumberland
Originally: County Pauper Lunatic Asylum for Northumberland
Built: 1853-1859
Architect: Henry Welch
Size: 200 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Partly closed 1999. Part of the existing asylum was refurbished for temporary use. The plan is for a new hosptial to be built adjacent to the site, and the old asylum will then be demolished.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
11. St. Lukes, Middlesbrough, Cleveland
Originally: Middlesbrough County Asylum
Built: 1893
Architect: CH Howell, AJ Wood
Size: 600 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Still open. Old hospital due for closure and demolition in the next five years.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
12. St Mary's, North Saltwick, Northumberland
Originally: Gateshead Borough Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1912
Architect: GT Hine & Hallam Carter-Pegg
Size: 500 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: The hospital closed 1995 and is an excellent example of a small G T Hine narrow-arrow echelon. The boiler house chimney (which suffered from Hine's design flaw) collapsed during the hospital's period of closure. Planning was submitted 1999 and refused. Planning permission has now been granted (2006) for conversion to housing: Chapel, Admin, Water Tower and some other buildings to be retained. Currently derelict.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
13. St Nicholas's, Coxlodge, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyne And Wear
Originally: Newcastle County Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1864-1892
Architect: WL Moffat (1864), JW Dyson (1892)
Size: 800 patients
Type: Corridor/Compact Arrow (Extension)
Status: Currently being wound down and/or converted: Part of the main building is still open and in use, Hartside Ward for brain injury patients and Alnwick and Bamburgh Wards, the Regional Medium Secure units. Hartside has been extensively refurbished and modernised but is soon to be moved to a new site elsewhere in the city, Alnwick and Bamburgh Wards are to have a new purpose built unit erected in the grounds. The grounds still have one or two villas still open for care of the elderly but these are to be re-located elsewhere too. The vast majority of the original main buildings are now luxury appartments and they continue to expand as hospital wards and services close or move out. The clock tower/main entrance has been recently restored and still seems to be in use. The grounds have been cleared of various outbuildings and are now nearly all covered by new housing estates. The Chapel and Main Hall are empty as are several ward blocks.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
14. Stanley Royd, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Originally: West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1818
Architect: Watson & Pritchett of York
Size: 1600 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Southern older 1818 building closed in 1995 and is being converted to luxury flats. Acute hospital to the north still open.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | urbex|uk
15. Storthes Hall, Kirkburton, West Yorkshire
Originally: Fourth West Riding Pauper Lunatic Aslum
Built: 1900
Architect: J Vickers-Edwards
Size: 2500 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed 1991, buildings used for student campus, most demolished, Admin stands alone and derelict.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
16. Winterton, Sedgefield, Durham, Co. Durham
Originally: Asylum for Lunatic Paupers of Durham
Built: 1858
Architect: John Lowison
Size: 700 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed 1997?, main buildings completely demolished (except chapel). Listed parts removed 'by mistake' and sold to an American buyer.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
Trent Regional Health Authority: (Central And East Midlands)
17. Carlton Hayes, Narborough, Leicestershire
Originally: County Lunatic Asylum for Leicestershire and Rutland
Built: 1904
Architect: S.P. Pick
Size: 912 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed early 1990s, demolished to make way for the Alliance & Leicester's car park.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | V&A website
18. Harmston Hall, Harmston, Lincolnshire
Originally: Private house (Lincolnshire Joint Board for Mental Defectives)
Built: 1709-10
Architect: Unknown
Size: Unknown
Type: Ad hoc
Status: Closed as an asylum/headquarters early 1990s, reverted back to a house.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
19. Kingsway, Derby, Derbyshire
Originally: Derby Borough Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1886-1888
Architect: BS Jabobs
Size: 500
Type: Corridor
Status: Still open
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
20. Mapperley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Originally: Nottingham Borough Asylum
Built: 1875-80
Architect: GT Hine
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in early 1990s, mostly converted into housing.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
21. Rauceby, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Originally: Kesteven County Asylum
Built: 1897-1902
Architect: GT Hine
Size: 490 patients.
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed in 1997 and stood derelict until 2005. Now mostly demolished with select areas (wards, admin and chapel) to be converted to housing.
Location: Multimap | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | urbex | uk
22. Pastures, Derby, Derbyshire
Originally: Derbyshire County Asylum
Built: 1849-51
Architect: Henry Duesbury
Size: 300 patients.
Type: Corridor
Status: Closure date unknown. Admin block and some wards covered to housing. Chapel being converted. Rest demolished.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
23. Saxondale, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Originally: Unknown
Built: 1898
Architect: EP Hooley
Size: 600 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed in 1987, partly demolished, new housing surrounds the site, most original buildings converted.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
24. St John's, Bracebridge Heath, Lincolnshire
Originally: County Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1852
Architect: Hamilton and Thomas Percy
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 1990, main building mostly derelict. Work started in 2007 to remove asbestos. Conversion to houses started.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | urbex | uk
25. The Coppice, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Originally: The Coppice (private hospital)
Built: 1857-1859
Architect: TC Hine
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 1986, converted to flats, now called Hine Hall.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
26. The Lawn, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Originally: City's Pauper Asylum
Built: 1820
Architect: Richard Ingleman
Size: Unknown
Type: Ad hoc
Status: Closed in 1985, converted to business park/events venue in 1986. One part of the hospital retained as a museum - they've even repadded some of the cells.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: The Lawn
27. The Towers, Humberstone, Leicestershire
Originally: Unknown
Built: 1869
Architect: Mr Stephens
Size: 300
Type: Corridor/Compact Arrow (Extension)
Status: Closed in 2005. Housing being built on site, redevelopment of the hospital has started.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
28. Woodlands, Derby, Derbyshire
Originally: A manor house
Built: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Size: Small
Type: Ad hoc
Status: Closed in 1988. Planning in 1990 refused. Became a conservation area. Converted to housing/offices.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
Anglia And Oxford
29. Fairmile, Cholsey, Oxfordshire
Originally: Berkshire, Reading and Newbury Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1868-70
Architect: CH Howell
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in March 2003. The buildings are currently empty. It's expected they'll be converted to housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
30. Fulbourn, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Originally: Cambridge District Asylum
Built: 1855
Architect: George Fowler Jones/Samuel Hill
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Partly closed in the 1990s. Some in use, some unused, and redeveloped as a science park/offices.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
31. Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Originally: Oxford County and City Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1846
Architect: RN Clark
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Converted into flats.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
32. St Andrew's, Northampton, Northamptonshire
Originally: Pauper and Private Asylum for Northampton
Built: 1836-38
Architect: Wallett
Size: 414 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Run as a trust/largest hospital for mentally ill in the UK.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: About St. Andrews
33. St Andrew's, Norwich, Norfolk
Originally: Norfolk County Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1811-1814
Architect: Francis Stone
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed 1998. Looks intact. Grounds being redeveloped into industrial estate. Note separate annexe building to the north.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
34. St Audry's Hospital, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Originally: Suffolk County Asylum for Pauper Lunatics
Built: 1776 (Original workhouse), 1829-1912
Architect: Scott and Moffats
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in the 1990s. Mostly demolished. Remaining building converted to housing (Melton Place).
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | The Workhouse Website
35. St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich, Suffolk
Originally: Ipswich Borough Mental Hospital
Built: 1869-1870
Architect: WR Ribbans
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Still open, no plans to close.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
36. St Crispin, Duston, Northamtonshire
Originally: Northampton County Lunatic Asylum (also called Berrywood Asylum)
Built: 1873-1876
Architect: Robert Grffiths
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Derelict and fenced off during visit in 2000. Asbestos removal started late 2003, now being converted into a hotel and housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | urbex | uk
37. St John's, Stone, Buckinghamshire
Originally: Buckinghamshire County Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1850-1853
Architect: TH Wyatt and David Brandon
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Demolished. Site developed for housing. Only Chapel and some staff houses remain.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
38. St Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Originally: Naval Hospital/Barracks
Built: 1800-1811
Architect: Henry Pilkington
Size: Unknown
Type: Ad hoc
Status: Closed and converted to housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
39. Warneford, Headington, Oxfordshire
Originally: Oxford Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1821-1826
Architect: Richard Ingleman
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: No plans for closure.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
40. Wyfold Court, Rotherfield Peppard, Oxfordshire
Originally: Private mansion House
Built: 1866-1878
Architect: Charles Somers Clarke
Size: Unknown
Type: Ad hoc
Status: Converted to appartments. New housing being built the grounds.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: Wyfold Court
West Midlands Regional Health Authority
41. All Saints, Winson Green, Birmingham, West Midlands
Originally: Birmingham Borough Asylum
Built: 1851
Architect: D R Hill
Size: 600 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Taken over by prison authorities, was part of Winston Green Prison. All demolished except Admin Block.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
Copyright Peter 2007
42. Barnsley Hall, Bromsgrove, Birmingham
Originally: Worcester County Asylum
Built: 1903-1907
Architect: GT Hine
Size: 1200 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Demolished. Replaced by housing. Only Admin and Chapel remain
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
Copyright Peter 2007
43. Central Hospital, Hatton, Warwick
Originally: Warwick County Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1849-1852
Architect: J Harris/FJ Francis
Size: 463 patients
Status: Closed. Mostly demolished. The rest, including Admin and various wards, have been converted to housing.
Type: Corridor.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
Copyright Peter 2007
44. Hollymoor, Birmingham, West Midlands
Originally: City Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1898-1905
Architect: Martin And Chamberlain
Size: Unknown
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed and mostly demolished in 1996. Admin, water tower, chapel and part of the works remains.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
Copyright Peter 2007
45. Rubery Hill, Birmingham, West Midlands
Originally: Birmingham Borough Asylum
Built: 1882
Architect: Martin And Chamberlain
Size: 850 patients
Type: Pavillion
Status: Closed in 1995. Demolished for business park. Only chapel, gatehouse and superintendent's house remain.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
46. Holme Lacey House, Holme Lacey, Hereford & Worcester
Originally: Country house
Built: 1674
Architect: Hugh May
Size: Unknown
Type: Ad hoc
Status: Now a hotel
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
47. Powick, Powick, Hereford & Worcester
Originally: Worcester County Pauper and Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1849-52
Architect: John R. Hamilton and James Medland
Size: 200+ patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 1989. Mostly demolished with a new housing estate on the site. Only one of the older buildings and the superintendents residences kept.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | Powick
48. St Edwards, Cheddleton, Staffordshire
Originally: Third Staffordshire County Asylum
Built: 1895-99
Architect: Giles, Gough & Trollope (winners of compeition, picked by C H Howell)
Size: 600 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed. Mostly demolished: Water tower, Chapel, several wards and Admin block converted.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
49. St. Georges, Stafford, Staffordshire
Originally: Unknown
Built: 1818
Architect: Josepth Potter
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Apparently closed in 1995. Buildings fenced off and derelict.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
50. St Mary's, Burghill, Hereford And Worcester
Originally: Hereford Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1862-1872
Architect: Richard Griffiths
Size: 400+ patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 1994. Administration and some ward blocks remain, the rest has been demolished.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
51. St Matthew's, Burntwood, Staffordshire
Originally: Second Staffordshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1864-1865
Architect: William Moffatt
Size: 500 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed 1995, mostly demolished around 1999. A housing estate now occupies the site. Admin Block and Chapel remain.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
South West Regional Health Authority
52. Coney Hill, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Originally: Second Staffordshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1879-1883
Architect: Giles & Gough
Size: 860 patients (planned), 324 patients (finally built)
Type: Broad Arrow
Status: Closed in 1994, partial demolition in 1995, big fire in 1999, all remains is the burnt shell of Admin.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
53. Digby, Exeter, Devon
Originally: Exeter City Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1884-86
Architect: Robert Stark Wilkinson
Size: Unknown.
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 1987. Chapel, Ballroom, Admin and many of the wards fronting the original building have survived, converted to housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | Digby Hospital
54. Exminster, Exeter, Devon
Originally: Devon County Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1842-45
Architect: Charles Fowler
Size: Unknown.
Type: Radial
Status: Sold in late 1980s,converted to housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: Exminster Hospital
55. Glenside, Bristol, Avon
Originally: Unknown
Built: 1861
Architect: TR Lysarght
Size: 200 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in the early 1990s, converted to college and halls of residence.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
56. Hawkmoor, Bovey Tracey, Devon
Originally: Hawkmoor County Sanatorium
Built: 1913
Architect: Unknown
Size: Unknown
Status: TB hospital and chest clinic which became a mental disability home in the 1970s. Completely demolished and replaced with Hawkmoor Park - a housing estate. Only the gatehouse remains.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
57. Herrison, Dorchester, Dorest
Originally: Second Dorset County Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1959-1863
Architect: HE Kendall Junior, enlarged by GT Hine
Size: Unknown, but extended often.
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed. Admin, many wards and the chapel all converted to housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
58. Horton Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Originally: Unknown
Built: 1811-1813
Architect: William Stark
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed 1987, Mostly demolished with the "cresent" left as a derelict shell. This has now been converted to housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
59. Knowle, Fareham, Hampshire
Originally:Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1850-52
Architect: J Harris
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 1996. Most of the asylum was converted to housing, with an industrial estate and more housing in the former grounds.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
60. Mendip, Wells, Somerset
Originally: Somerset And Bath County Asylum
Built: 1845-48
Architect: Scott & Moffatt
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Now St. Cuthbert's Village. Many parts of the hospital converted into housing including Admin, the ballroom, many wards and the Chapel.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
61. Moorhaven, Plymouth, Devon
Originally: Plymouth Borough Asylum
Built: 1886-91
Architect: J Hine and Odgers
Size: 400 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Purchased by a couple who have sold building shells as customisable units. Now Morehaven Village. Basically the entire asylum is now apartments.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: Moorhaven
62. Park Prewett, Sherbourne St John, Hampshire
Originally: Second Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1912
Architect: GT Hine
Size: 1200 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed 1996. Remained derelict until 2006. Redevelopment started. Wards, Admin, Main Hall and Water Tower remain.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
63. Roundway, Devizes, Wiltshire
Originally: Wiltshire County Asylum
Built: 1847-1849
Architect: TH Wyatt
Size: 400 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed. Appears to be converted into apartments.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None.
64. St James's, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Originally: Unknown
Built: 1875
Architect: George Rake
Size: 424 patients
Type: Corridor-Pavillion
Status: Grounds preserved as city park. Some rebuilds and regeneration going on. The main block is still in use for mental health treatment.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
65. St. Lawrence's, Bodmin, Cornwall
Originally: Cornwall County Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1820
Architect: John Foulston
Size: Unknown
Type: Radial (original hospital)/Compact Arrow
Status: Closed 2002. Early radial block now converted to housing. The private asylum is derelict and boarded up. Other ancilliary buildings have been demolished, but the large echelon building is intact and boarded up.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
66. Tone Vale, Tauton, Somerset
Originally: Somerset County Asylum
Built: 1891
Architect: Giles, Gough and Trollope
Size: Unknown
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Converted to housing as Cotsford St. Luke. Admin, some wards and the main hall have survived.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | Cotford St Luke
67. Whitecroft, Newport, Isle Of Wight
Originally: Unknown
Built: 1894-1896
Architect: BS Jacobs
Size: 293
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed. Redevelopment has started into housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
68. Wonford House, Exeter, Devon
Originally: Wonford House (Private asylum)
Built: 1865
Architect: WF Cross
Size: 120 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Leased to a mental health trust. Not expected to close.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: Wonford House
North West Regional Health Authority
69. Calderstones, Clitheroe, Lancashire
Originally: Whalley Asylum (Mental Defectives)
Built: 1915
Architect: Unknown
Size: 1710 patients
Type: Dual Pavillion
Status: Closed in the late 1990s. Mostly demolished with new housing on the site. Chapel and Admin block remain.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
70. Cheadle Royal, Cheadle, Cheshire
Originally: Manchester's Royal Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1946
Architect: Richard Lane
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Now North House and part of the Cheadle Royal business park.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None.
71. Countess Of Chester, Chester, Cheshire
Originally: Cheshire County Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1827-1829
Architect: William Cole Junior
Size: Unknown. At least 400.
Type: Corridor
Status: Old asylum buildings to the north of the site stand empty and unused.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
72. Lancaster Moor, Lancaster, Lancashire
Originally: Lancashire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1816 (Thomas Standen)
Architect: Thomas Standen (1816), Unknown (1840)
Size: 2,400
Type: Corridor
Status: Main asylum buildings (to south) converted to housing. Annexe (to north) including 1816 Doric quad stands empty.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | Westmorland Gazette
73. Parkside, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Originally: Cheshire County Asylum
Built: 1868-1871
Architect: Griffiths of Stafford
Size: 720+ patients
Type: Corridor-Pavillion
Status: Converted to flats and houses with many of the original buildings retained. The chapel is now offices.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
74. Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire
Originally: Lancashire County Asylum
Built: 1851, 1862
Architect: Holden (1851), Holt (1862)
Size: ???
Type: Ad Hoc, Corridor
Status: A quarter of the original circular asylum buildings exists to the south west. 1862 building, originally located to the north east, completely demolished.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
75. Rainhill, Prescot, Merseyside
Originally: Third Lancaster County Asylum
Built: 1841
Architect: HL Elmes
Size: 1128 patients
Status: Closed in 1992. After many planning delays, the site (both asylum and larger annexe building) were demolished. Site of annexe (to the north) now occupied by housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
76. Royal Albert, Lancaster, Lancashire
Originally: Royal Albert Asylum
Built: 1866-1873
Architect: EG Paley
Size: 800 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Originally founded for children with learning disabilities. Closed and is now a school.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None.
77. Whittingham, Preston, Lancashire
Originally: Third Lancashire County Asylum
Built: 1869
Architect: Henry Littler
Size: 2800 patients
Type: Corridor-Pavillion (Circumferential)
Status: Two quarters (St. Margaret's Division and St. John's Division) demolished, a quarter (Cameron House) gutted and a quarter (St. Luke's Division) derelict. Redevelopment expected in 2008.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | urbex|uk
78. Winwick, Warrington, Lancashire
Originally: Lancashire County Asylum
Built: 1902
Architect: Crisp, Oatley and Skinner
Size: ???
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed in 1997. Main building completely demolished and replaced by housing. Chapel and various small buildings remain. Associated acute hospital still standing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
North Thames Regional Health Authority
79. Claybury, Redbridge, London
Originally: Fifth LCC Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1889-1893
Architect: GT Hine
Size: 2000 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed in 1995, redeveloped as Repton Park (named after the famous garden designer). Wards, Admin and Chapel survive (chapel is now a swimming pool).
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
80. St. Bernard's, Ealing, London
Originally: Middlesex County Asylum/Hanwell Asylum
Built: 1829-1831
Architect: William Alderson
Size: 900 patients
Type: Panopticon/Corridor Plan
Status: Closed in the 1980s, site now used by Ealing Hospital.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
81. Fairfield, Stotfold, Bedfordshire
Originally: Three Counties Asylum of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire
Built: 1856- 1860
Architect: George Fowler Jones
Size: 450 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 1997, being converted to housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
82. Friern, Barnet, London
Originally: Middlesex County Pauper Asylum/Colney Hatch Asylum
Built: 1849
Architect: WS Daukes
Size: 1250 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 1990. After planning passed in 1998, the main wards and Admin were converted to housing. Now Princess Park Manor.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | Friern Barnet Photos
83. Goodmayes, Chadwell, London
Originally: West Ham Borough Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1897
Architect: Lewis Angell
Size: 800 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Still in use
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
84. Hill End, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire
Originally: Hertfordshire County Asylum
Built: 1896-1900
Architect: GT Hine
Size: 1400 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed in 1997. Mostly demolished. Two converted wards remain. A housing estate occupies the rest of the site.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
85. Leavesden, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
Originally: Imbeciles Asylum, Leavesden
Built: 1870 (First MAB Asylum)
Architect: Giles And Biven
Size: 2000 patients
Status: Closed and demolished. Now Mallard Road and other housing. Admin, chapel and recreation hall converted.
Type: Dual Pavillion
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: The Imbeciles Asylum, Leavesden
86. Napsbury, St Alban's, Hertfordshire
Originally: Middlesex County Asylum
Built: 1905
Architect: Rowland Plumbe
Size: 1152 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed, converted to housing estate called The Arboritum. Some peripheral buildings remain. Admin, Private villa, water tower and many wards now converted. Recreation and dining hall stands derelict.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
87. Runwell, Chelmsford, Essex
Originally: East Ham and Southend-on-Sea Boroughs Joint Mental Hospital
Built: 1930
Architect: Elcock & Sutcliffe
Size: Unknown
Type: Colony
Status: Still in use but gradually being run down. Predicted closure in 2008. Limited demolition of unused labs and wards.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
88. Severalls, Colchester, Essex
Originally: Unknown
Built: 1913
Architect: F. Whitmore and W. H. Town
Size: 1800 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed 1997. Stood derelict for ten years. Now purchased by a development company.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
89. Shenley, Shenley, Hertfordshire
Originally: Middlesex County Mental Hospital
Built: 1932-1937
Architect: WT Curtis
Size: 2000 patients
Type: Colony
Status: Closed in 1996. Mostly demolished to build Porters Park housing estate. Chapel, some misc villas, mansion and water tower converted, rest demolished.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
90. Warley, Brentwood, Essex
Originally: Unknown
Built: 1853
Architect: HE Kendall
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 2002. Half of the asylum immediately demolished for a new housing estate. Main part of the original asylum (Admin and wards) converted to housing in 2006-7. Chapel converted to housing in 2005.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
South Thames Regional Health Authority
91. Banstead, Banstead, Surrey
Originally: Third Middlesex County Asylum
Built: 1877
Architect: FH Pownall
Size: Unknown
Type: Dual Pavillion
Status: Closed mid 1980s. Demolished (with the exceptions of some peripheral buildings). Site now occupied by a prison.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
92. Bexley, Dartford, Kent
Originally: London County Asylum
Built: 1899
Architect: GT Hine
Size: 2000 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Mostly demolished. Replaced by a housing estate. There was a competition to push the plunger on the watertower demolition. Chapel, nurses' accommodation and some other small buildings remain.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
93. Brookwood, Woking, Surrey
Originally: Second Surrey County Asylum
Built: 1862-67
Architect: CH Howell
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed 1994, most demolished. Annex, some wards, recreation hall and chapel converted.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
94. Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Surrey
Originally: Third Surrey County Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1882.
Architect: CH Howell
Size: 2000 patients
Type: Radial Pavillion
Status: Closed in 1991. Whole site (with exception of secure unit) derelict. Multiple arson attacks. Redevelopment due in 2008.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
95. Darenth Park
Originally: Darenth Schools And Training Colony
Built: 1896 (Third MAB Asylum)
Architect: A & C Harston
Size: 1560 patients
Type: Pavillion
Status: Closed in 1988. All buildings completely demolished. Darent Valley Hospital now occupies the site.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: Darenth Schools And Training Colony
96. Manor Hospital, Epsom, Surrey (Epsom Cluster #1)
Originally: Manor House at Horton
Built: 1896 (temporary buildings)
Architect: William C Clifford Smith
Size: 800 patients
Type: Pavillion Irregular
Status: Temporary buildings demolished with one small prefab ward remaining. Manor house, kitchens, stores and laundry converted to other uses. Rest of the site now a housing estate.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
97. Horton Asylum, Epsom, Surrey (Epsom Cluster #2)
Originally: Seventh London County Council Asylum
Built: 1902
Architect: GT Hine (replica of Bexley Heath Asylum)
Size: 2000 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed. Demolition started in 2003. Admin, chapel, water tower and some villas to be converted. Rest of the main complex demolished. Other associated buildings either demolished or stand derelict.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
98. St. Ebba's Hospital, Epsom, Surrey (Epsom Cluster #3)
Originally: Unknown
Built: 1903
Architect: William C Clifford Smith
Size: Unknown
Type: Villa
Status: Running down. Most of the site closed.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
99. Long Grove Hospital, Epsom, Surrey (Epsom Cluster #4)
Originally: Tenth London County Asylum
Built: 1903-1907
Architect: GT Hine (replica of Horton with minor differences)
Size: 2000 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Some demolished, whilst most echelon wards, some villas and admin block converted to apartments. Some ancilliary buildings stand derelict.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
100. West Park, Epsom, Surrey (Epsom Cluster #5)
Originally: Eleventh London County Asylum
Built: 1912-1924
Architect: William C Clifford Smith
Size: 2000 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Main hospital building and villas gradually closed, although parts still in use. Arson claimed a ward, chapel and main hall. Conversion of the main block started in 2006.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
101. Graylingwell, Chichester, West Sussex
Originally: West Sussex County Asylum
Built: 1894-97
Architect: Sir Arthur Blomfield.
Size: 1000 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Currently closing. Most of the main building is unused. Asbestos removal started in 2007 prior to conversion.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
102. Hellingly, Hellingly, East Sussex
Originally: East Sussex Asylum
Built: 1901-1903
Architect: GT Hine.
Size: 2000 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed in 1994. Derelict and vandalised. Admin, stores and mortuary destroyed by arsonists. Asbestos removal started in 2007.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
103. Maudsley, Southwark, London
Built: 1923
Architect: William C Clifford Smith (with input from Maudsley and Mott)
Size: 144 patients
Type: Ad hoc
Status: Still open. Rumours of closure starting to circulate.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: The Maudsley Hospital: Design and Stragegic Direction
104. Netherne, Hooley, Surrey
Originally: Surrey County Asylum
Built: 1909
Architect: GT Hine.
Size: 2000 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed in 1994. Central services demolished. Some wards, admin, water tower and chapel have been converted. Main hall also still standing and awaiting conversion.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
105. Normansfield, Kingston, Surrey
Originally: Unknown (A carehome for mentally handicapped children)
Built: 1868
Architect: Unknown. (The hospital is based on an unfinished former private house).
Size: Unknown
Type: Ad hoc
Status: Closed in 1997. Grade II listed. Currently derelict with plans for conversion.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
106. Oakwood, Maidstone, Kent
Originally: Kent County Asylum
Built: 1830-33
Architect: John Whichcord Senior
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed. Admin, wings and annexe converted to housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
107. Royal Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey
Originally: Earlswood Asylum For Idiots
Built: 1852
Architect: WB Moffatt
Size: 400 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed. Now converted to luxury flats.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: Royal Earlswood, Redhill
108. Royal Holloway, Virginia Water, Surrey
Originally: Royal Holloway Sanatorium
Built: 1872-1884
Architect: WH Crossland and J Philpot Jones
Size: Unknown. Originally private, became part of the NHS in 1948.
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 1981. Stood derelict until 1994 when converted into luxury flats.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: Royal Holloway
109. Springfield, Wandsworth, London
Originally: Surrey County Asylum
Built: 1842
Architect: E Lapidge
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Still open although some parts run down and boarded up.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
110. St. Augustine's, Canterbury, Kent
Originally: Second Kent County Asylum Built: 1875
Architect: Giles And Gough
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor-Pavillion
Status: Closed in 1992, mostly demolished in 1997. Admin, Chapel and some wards converted to housing. Water tower now being converted.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
111. St Francis, Haywards Heath, Sussex
Originally: County Of Sussex Asylum
Built: 1859
Architect: HE Kendall Junior
Size: 450 patients
Status: Closed in 1995. Main hopsital building converted to housing. Others also converted or still in use.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums | Friends Of St. Francis
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112. St Lawrence's, Caterham, Surrey
Originally: The Imbeciles Asylum, Caterham
Built: 1870 (Second MAB Asylum)
Architect: Giles And Biven
Size: 2000 patients
Type: Dual Pavillion
Status: Closed in early 1990s. Totally demolished except for one pavillion ward. Hambleton Park now stands on the site. (Estate opposite Westway Road on map).
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: The Imbeciles Asylum, Caterham
113. Stone House Hospital
Originally: City Of London Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1866
Architect: James B Bunning
Size: Unknown
Type: Corridor
Status: Was slowly run down and closed in 2007. Developers will be sought in 2008 with conversion to 260 houses in 2009. The buildings are Grade II listed.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
114. Tooting Bec, Wandsworth, London
Originally: Tooting Bec Asylum
Built: 1903 (Fourth MAB asylum)
Architect: A&C Harston
Size: 2230 patients
Type: Dual Pavillion
Status: Closed in 1995. Totally demolished. Site now redeveloped for housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: Tooting Bec Asylum
115. Warlingham, Warlingham, Surrey
Originally: Warlingham Park
Built: 1896
Architect: Crisp, Oatley And Skinner
Size: 600 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed in 1999. Some wards converted to housing and/or housing. Water tower and Admin also converted.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
Wales
1. Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (Shelton)
Originally: Shropshire and Wenlock Borough Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1845
Architect: George Gilbert Scott and WB Moffatt
Size: 800 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Became Shelton Hospital, part of Shropshire’s Mental Health NHS Trust. Due to close.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: Shelton Hospital Photos | County Asylums
2. North Wales Hospital (Denbigh)
Originally: North Wales Counties Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1848
Architect: Dr Samuel Hitch and Thomas Fulljames
Size: 1500 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 1995. Neglected and stripped by previous owner. Now derelict. Conversion work due to start in 2008.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
3. Pen-Y-Fal Hospital
Originally: Joint Counties Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1851
Architect: Thomas Fulljames
Size: 1300 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 1992. Converted to luxury apartments by Redrow Housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
4. St Cadoc's Hospital
Originally: Newport Borough Mental Hospital
Built: 1906
Architect: Alfred J. Wood
Size: 350 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Still in use but due to close in the next couple of years. Housing earmarked for the site.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: St Cadoc's Hospital | County Asylums
5. Mid Wales Hospital (Talgarth)
Originally: Mid Wales Counties Mental Hospital
Built: 1903
Architect: Giles, Gough and Trollope
Size: 1000 patients
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed in 1994. Sold in 1999. Some parts in use, some limited demolition of the corridor network, rest unused.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: County Asylums
6. St David's Hospital
Originally: The United Lunatic Asylum for Cardigan, Carmarthen, Glamorgan and Pembroke
Built: 1860s
Architect: David Brandon
Size: 800 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Appears intact. Bought by council to prevent it being used as an asylum seeker centre.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None.
7. Glanrhyd Hospital (later Morgannwg Hospital)
Originally: Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum
Built: 1864
Architect: ???
Size: 350 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: Still currently open but due for closure. Its replacement, a new medium secure unit, has been built to the north of the site.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None.
8. Parc (later Morgannwg Hospital)
Originally: Parc Gwyllt Asylum (built to alleviate overcrowding at Glanrhyd)
Built: 1887
Architect: ???
Size: 845 patients.
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Closed. Main block completely demolished, with only clock tower remaining. Isolation hospital and ancillary buildings remain. Replaced with a prison.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None.
9. Penyfai (later Morgannwg Hospital)
Originally: Penyfai (built as an Admissions Hospital for Parc and Glanrhyd Hospitals)
Built: 1934
Architect: ???
Size: 161 patients.
Type: Unknown
Status: Closed. Demolished (the area to the south west of the Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum buildings) and now housing.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None.
10. Whitchurch Hospital
Originally: Cardiff City Mental Hospital
Built: 1908
Architect: Oatley and Skinner
Size: ??? patients.
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: The majority is still open, but some wards are now disused and boarded up.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: Whitchurch Hospital | County Asylums
11. Cefn Coed Hospital
Originally: Swansea & Merthyr Tydval Joint Asylum
Built: 1929
Architect: Hallam Carter-Pegg
Size: ??? patients.
Type: Compact Arrow
Status: Still open as a pyschiatric hospital.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
Scotland
1. Crichton Hall
Originally: The Crichton Institute (a private asylum)
Built: 1835
Architect: William Burn
Size: 145 patients
Type: Corridor
Status: The building, now called Crichton Hall, is still in healthcare use. Burn based his design on the West Riding Lunatic Asylum (Stanley Royd) but only half the planned building was constructed. The Southern Counties Asylum for paupers was constructed to the south on the same estate.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
2. Crichton Royal Institution
Originally: Southern Counties Asylum (public pauper asylum)
Built: 1849
Architect: William McGowan (with later additions by WB Moffatt)
Size: 359 patients
Type: Ad hoc (based on the design of the Derby Workhouse)
Status: Original buildings built to the south of THe Crichton Institute. Main block demolished and replaced by The Hospice in 1925. Further villas built to the south. Declared surplus to requirements in 1994. Buildings form part of conservation area and have been converted to a business park and university campus.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None
3. Dingleton Hospital
Originally: Melrose District Asylum
Built: 1872
Architect: Brown and Wardrop (competition winners)
Size: 440 patients (originally 200)
Type: Corridor
Status: Closed in 2001. Converted into 94 residential flats.
Location: Multimap Link | Google Maps | Live Search | Flash Earth
Web Site: None