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UER Forum > Archived World > City of London Lunatic Asylum - UK (Viewed 846 times) Nelly Urbex  Location: United Kingdom  |  |  City of London Lunatic Asylum - UK < on 10/12/2012 7:07 PM >   Originally constructed at a cost of £65,000 between 1862 and 1866 at the behest of the London Commissioners in Lunacy to provide for pauper lunatics from the London area. The buildings were designed in a Tudor Revival architecture style by James Bunstone Bunning, and the facility accommodated 220 patients. The asylum grounds, at first 33 acres and later expanded to 140 acres included a working farm. After 1892, the asylum was able to take "private" patients (patients whose fees were paid by their families, or from pensions). The influx of private patients resulted in a budget surplus, and enabled expansion and improvements of the asylum's facilities. In 1948 it was taken over by the new National Health Service and in 1998 assessment by Thames Healthcare suggested that the hospital was not suited for modern healthcare; plans for the hospital's closure were initiated in 2003 by West Kent NHS. Among its most famous patients was the poet and composer Ivor Gurney, who resided there from 1922 until his death in 1937. Closed in November 2007 and currently being redeveloped into luxury Houses/Flats My Blog......... http://nellyurbex.blogspot.com/ Facebook...... www.facebook.com/NellyUrbex Darmon_Richter  Location: Eastern Europe  |  |  Re: City of London Lunatic Asylum - UK <Reply # 1 on 10/14/2012 5:56 PM >   Nice report! There's a real sense of atmosphere here... I particularly like the corridor with all the open doorways. Bohemian Urbex: Urban Decay & other curiosities. Match Girl  Location: Sudbury, Ontario Gender: Female I have abandonment issues.  |  |  Re: City of London Lunatic Asylum - UK <Reply # 2 on 10/27/2012 4:37 AM >   Gorgeous shots.. http://www.flickr....s/match-girl/sets/ L'Ali  Location: Clarington Gender: Female Behind every damsel is a fire breathing dragon  |  Re: City of London Lunatic Asylum - UK <Reply # 3 on 10/31/2012 1:24 PM >   Very nice Everything is sweetened by risk. -- Alexander Smith http://www.flickr....hotos/11765127@N08 Porcelain Doll  Location: philadelphia Gender: Female Who Cooks For You?  |  |  Re: City of London Lunatic Asylum - UK <Reply # 4 on 11/19/2012 2:19 AM >   love the first one! it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. “Everyones so shady. That’s why I’m so fuckin pale.” - Porcelain Black UER Forum > Archived World > City of London Lunatic Asylum - UK (Viewed 846 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 172 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741190841 pages have been generated.