Tag : Lunatic Asylum

Connacht District Lunatic Asylum / St Brigid's Psychiatric Hospital, Ballinasloe, Ireland

Connacht District Lunatic Asylum / St Brigid’s Psychiatric Hospital, Ballinasloe, Ireland

An abandoned asylum in Ireland with many items remaining, plenty of decay and a lot of history.

High Royds Asylum, Menston, Yorkshire, UK

High Royds Psychiatric Hospital, West Yorkshire, UK

The administration building of High Royds Asylum in Yorkshire, England was built with particular splendour and features intricate mosaic floor tiles.

Sanatorium Salve Mater, Belgium

Sanatorium Salve Mater, Belgium

Salve Mater Sanatorium was a psychiatric hospital in Belgium, set up by the Sisters of Mercy to treat only women. The hospital closed in 1997 was used by an artist.

Shelton Hospital

Shelton Hospital, Shropshire, UK

A hospital in Shropshire specialising in mental health which opened in 1845 as the Shropshire and Montgomery County Asylum.

Severalls Hospital

Severalls Hospital Lunatic Asylum, Colchester

Severalls Asylum opened as a mental hospital in 1913. The simple but elegant buildings contain some amazing corridors and doors. The hospital closed in the early 1990’s.

St Georges Hospital - Northumberland Lunatic Asylum, Morpeth

St Georges Hospital – Northumberland Lunatic Asylum, Morpeth

The Victorian built St Georges hospital opened as a ‘lunatic asylum’ in the late 1850’s. It later became a general purpose NHS hospital until its closure.

St John’s Hospital aka County Pauper Lunatic Asylum, Lincoln

St John’s Hospital aka County Pauper Lunatic Asylum, Lincoln

St John’s Asylum in Bracebridge Heath was a mental asylum built in 1852. The grand Italian style building is now a shell of its former greatness.