Kendall and Pope decided to curve the corridors connecting the kitchens and chapel to the main gallery corridor.
It isn’t known why they decided on this architectural flourish, but added extra space to the adjoining female and male wards and provided
continuity from the corridors flanking the central court to the buildings at the back of the complex. Despite the gradual reduction of the enclosed Kitchen Court by the water tower and other buildings, these curious curved corridors were left intact. Internally the windows opened out into the airing courts and not into the kitchen court itself. The roof was left open, displaying the joists (and the later additions of piping and electrical ducts) whilst the walls were plastered. After closure the hospital was used for a variety of film projects. Bizarre signage was added to one of the corridors which apparently relates to one of them.
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The signage on the corridor wall states: MISSISSIPPI 'TATE ORP_ANAGE (Obviously a couple of letters were moved!)
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The Victorian fire-proofing (the odd hollowed curved bricks) was used here for the ceiling.
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