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 statler
Location: UK Farnborough
Gender: Male
 |  | West Park Asylum
< on 2/10/2010 12:17 AM >
|  | | | West Park Asylum (or West Park Hospital) was a large psychiatric hospital in Epsom, Surrey. The hospital was designed by William C. Clifford-Smith (architect to the London County Council), who was also involved in the design of nearby St Ebba's Hospital. The hospital had been in planning since 1906, and by 1917 it was largely complete; however, the outbreak of war postponed opening until 1923.
When complete the hospital could cater for around 2,000 patients of mixed class, and hence the site had extensive boiler houses and plant rooms, a large laundry and a substantial water tower. There were enormous kitchens located behind the canteen, and in turn this was behind the main hall/ballroom. However, the main hall suffered an arson attack on September 30th 2003 and is now a burnt out shell. The asylum also boasted its own railway but this was removed in 1950, and no trace remains except around the central engineering block. The main stores and sewing rooms were also located here, but other services, such as the mortuary and chapel, were located by the entrance road, along with two lodges for the matrons and a large manor for the superintendent.
The hospital was slowly run down from the mid 1990s, and by 2003 most of the hospital was closed and derelict. A few outer ward buildings and villas remain open today and are still used for psychiatric treatment.
The hospital has one of the last insitu padded cells in england with most of them being ripped out of Uk mental hospitals when the use of drugs for treatments became more common practice.
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metawaffle
      
King of Puns
Location: Brisbane!
Gender: Male
Purveyor of Fine Lampshades
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<Reply # 1 on 2/10/2010 12:23 AM >
| | | | I love the refelctions in that last shot.
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Livingstone
Gender: Male
| | Re: West Park Asylum
<Reply # 2 on 2/10/2010 1:19 AM >
| | | | Nice stuff. In the last pic, is that fire damage or mold?
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statler
Location: UK Farnborough
Gender: Male
| | Re: West Park Asylum
<Reply # 3 on 2/10/2010 8:48 AM >
| | | | It's fire damage
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leafloving4x4gal
    
Location: Durham Region
Gender: Female
Someday is NOT a day of the week !
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<Reply # 4 on 2/10/2010 2:30 PM >
| | | | Nice set!
I really like how the pic of "baby's songs" turned out, the reflection of the rest of the room in sterile jar is cool 
thanks for sharing
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femaledragonx
Location: Detroit & Everywhere Else I can dream up to go to
The singularity is near
| | Re: West Park Asylum
<Reply # 5 on 2/10/2010 10:13 PM >
| | | | yum
"Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd." -Bertrand Russell
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Sixmoons
Location: Adelaide, Australia
| | | Re: West Park Asylum
<Reply # 6 on 2/12/2010 1:10 PM >
| | | | Really nice. The amount of kid's stuff in there is creepy and sad.
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YoelT
Location: Viet Nam
Gender: Male
| | | Re: West Park Asylum
<Reply # 7 on 2/13/2010 7:26 PM >
| | | | I would have had to take national rail, but I regret not going here when I was in London since it is so awesome, so easy, and it's not going to be there for much longer.
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