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snappel
09-14-2007, 09:20 PM
As featured on that program about Victorian Britain. They put some effort into this place. Workmanship you just wouldn't see carried out today.

Some of the asylum has been demolished, some is being converted. Thankfully this bit, the admin block, is being retained. I nearly literally busted a gut getting in, but oh man it was worth it...


http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds/DSC_0071.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds/DSC_0034.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds/DSC_0018.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds/DSC_0025.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds/DSC_0028.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds/DSC_0008.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds/DSC_0005.jpg
phredd
09-14-2007, 09:26 PM
Great pics snappel.
Did one have to be mental to live in such grandure ?
Phredd
robbo176
09-14-2007, 09:33 PM
great photos Snappel,lovely building, I loved the mosaic floor:PDT_Piratz_26:
Kev
09-15-2007, 07:39 AM
:PDT11
snappel
09-15-2007, 07:12 PM
It's an amazing place. But then, so is our own Royal Infirmary...
Kev
09-15-2007, 08:38 PM
It's an amazing place. But then, so is our own Royal Infirmary...

is the part of the infirmary still accessible?
snappel
10-01-2007, 03:20 PM
Some photos from my second visit, this time visiting the clocktower, ward blocks and mortuary.


http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds2/DSC_0233.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds2/DSC_0203.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds2/DSC_0090.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds2/DSC_0052a.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds2/DSC_0283.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds2/DSC_0032a.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds2/DSC_0081.jpg

http://tk41.powweb.com/photos/royds2/DSC_0036.jpg
Kev
10-01-2007, 09:04 PM
Brilliant and very eiry :PDT_Xtremez_42:

The second one and the last are my faves.
drone_pilot
10-02-2007, 08:26 AM
Great Pic's, snappel, have you any idea what there going to do with it.
snappel
10-02-2007, 09:58 AM
It's currently being redeveloped. Most of the ward blocks are being renovated and converted into apartments. The main admin bit with the clocktower is also being kept, although I'm not sure what for. Most of the corridors and other buildings will be demolished though.
iain
10-02-2007, 07:03 PM
That last pic spooks me out :ninja:

Wouldn't fancy living in a flat that was formerly a mortuary room! Sounds like the perfect scenario for a (far-fetched) horror novel :D
ChrisGeorge
10-02-2007, 07:33 PM
Very interesting, snappel! Thanks for sharing these photos with us.

Chris
drone_pilot
10-08-2007, 07:34 AM
Thanks for the info snappel, probably make great home with great prices.
chippie
10-10-2007, 04:11 PM
O.K when you,ve stopped laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!where was it taken?
snappel
10-12-2007, 11:50 AM
Sorry, you've lost me there...
rozza
02-26-2008, 09:27 PM
Thanks for the photos Snappel (from a scouser living in Shropshire).
You might be interested to know that my wife's grandfather - Charles Henry Denison - was the West Riding County Architect for the building of Menston all those years ago. I've never visited but it seems he did a good job!