royal alexandra

This is a place I have known about for a long time but never got around to seeing it. Always other things to do (none exploring related) when in Scotland. But the better half had to work for the morning. So I got up early and headed off to finally have a look. The girlfriend was not interested...

My favourite shot of the trip - as asylum as it gets Hello folks, thought I'd share with you all an urbex adventure from last year. Myself and @KismetJ had a renewed in interest in asylums after the gem that is St. Martins emerged on the scene. Whilst we managed to explore a handful of local...

Decided to post this as my first post as its so well known already. I've visited this place a few times, as have most in Scotland I imagine. I love this place though, love the corridors, and stairs. Love the decay and pealing paint. Absolutely love the tiled floor in the church. Was an easy...

The hospital has its origins in a general dispensary in central Paisley which opened in 1786 and became a house of recovery in 1805. A new facility financed by William Barbour and designed by Thomas Graham Abercrombie was completed at Calside in July 1896. In the early 1980s it was decided to...

Royal Alexandra Hospital The Royal Alexandra Infirmary was built to designs by T. G. Abercrombie and was, as the recent Pevsner Guide noted, the largest and most prestigious of his Paisley buildings. It was replaced by the present Royal Alexandra Hospital in the 1980s, and whilst some of the...

Massive thanks to @Pammyj for the tip off about this place being accessible again for a very brief moment in time! :thumb Another revisit, I only have antique phone scribbles from here that I took a long time ago. Tried a revisit on a few of occasions to no avail, so it was nice to have a...

Decided to check this place out while I was in the area. This has been posted before but thought I’d post an update to show the ongoing decay. Brief history as there’s so much. Taken from historic hospitals. The Royal Alexandra Infirmary was built to designs by T. G. Abercrombie and was, as...

History - "The Royal Alexandra Infirmary traces its origins to a general dispensary providing out-patient and pharmacy services to the sick poor which was opened in 1788. From this came the House of Recovery opened on 1805 which catered for infectious diseases cases only until 1850 when it...

Went to the Royal Alexandra Infirmary/ nursing home today to snap some photos and video and to my surprise the place is in relatively decent condition for being left open. We experienced only one paranormal event which was a shadow walking through the abbey wing seen from the end of the...

The Royal Alexandra Infirmary has existed in some shape or form since the 1700s. It originally provided out-patient and pharmacy services and later became a full infirmary around 1850. In 1900 the site of the infirmary was moved and a new building was erected, which is what remains today. In...

First off, if your expecting photos anything like the ones of my previous report I have to disappoint you. when exploring by night i can't be bothered fumbling around with buttons and setting up tripods. This report is mainly to show the progress of the conversion taking place. I came one night...

A bit of history (from Wikipedia): I visited this site with Catullus, and to be honest we weren't expecting a lot as previous reports had said that there wasn't a lot to see. However, we were pleasantly surprised - it's not the most interesting site, but has a few nice features. There's...

A quick report (pics mainly :p) from me today as Olz and Chris have put a wealth of info in their reports already here and here. Take notice, the signs are for your safety ;) Until another day, it's time to strafe on ;-)

Having exhausted Portsmouth and much of the surrounding area me and some of my exploring mates (Olz9181, RobbieKhan and James, who has just signed up here again but can't remember his username right now... helpful ;)) decided to head off further afield for a day of several explores. First up...

Hi, This is my first post, Info taken from a previous report; The Royal Alexandra Hospital was built in 1881 but this was the not the first children's hospital. The first children's hospital was in Western Road in 1868, just a private house that had two or three beds in it. They then bought...