The main plans - click for a far bigger version
Kendall and Pope used the corridor style for this ayslum - placing
all central services (including a well) in the middle of the buildings, with wards sweeping out along orthogonal corridors
either side. An attempt to separate normal hospital traffic with wards and dayrooms was made with the
However, it's the sheer amount of elorate garden design and the heavily landscaped airing courts that really catches the
eye. Warley must've been a beautiful sight when it was first build and the gardens planted.
Women on the left (south side) with their drying court, and men on the right (north side) with their working court.
Over the years, as the site grew with more buildings, the main block was heavily added on-to, and the symmetry, the airing courts,
the courtyards, and the open spaces in the building gradually disappeared.
Here's an attempt at the key:
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