History
Opening in 1929, Cefn Coed was a psychiatric hospital in Swansea, Wales. The hospital was a general adult and old age psychiatric care facility and also supported substance abusers. Changes to mental health services with more care being provided in the community have made the building unsuitable for modern day health care. On site care has been transferred to newer premises built nearby.
Our Visits
Our first visit was short and maybe not as sweet as I'd have liked. We got into the hospital easily enough, and soon discovered that although there were no longer any patients in the main buildings, there were still a few workers around. We avoided them quite well in the corridors, but couldn't really escape the lovely lady sat her desk when we walked into her office! @SpiderMonkey handled the situation well and just explained we were looking for the hall, and she pointed us in the right direction.
The next visit was a lot quieter, and although we heard the sounds of workers echoing down the empty corridors on a couple of occasions we didn't see anyone inside. The downstairs windows had been boarded and the place was obviously much less in-use than during our previous visit.
Main entrance / admin exterior
Admin and Corridors
The corridors still had a lovely old feel to them
Inside the main entrance
Things were being cleared out
X-Ray
Wards
The Hall
The hall has been split into two rooms with a partition wall between. Although now quite small, each room still retained the old charm and character from when it was a single room.
The stage had also been partitioned off, and had become derelict.
The projector room
And a couple of other bits to finish off with....
The hospital's small chapel was disappointing
The water tower was still locked up tight.
Opening in 1929, Cefn Coed was a psychiatric hospital in Swansea, Wales. The hospital was a general adult and old age psychiatric care facility and also supported substance abusers. Changes to mental health services with more care being provided in the community have made the building unsuitable for modern day health care. On site care has been transferred to newer premises built nearby.
Our Visits
Our first visit was short and maybe not as sweet as I'd have liked. We got into the hospital easily enough, and soon discovered that although there were no longer any patients in the main buildings, there were still a few workers around. We avoided them quite well in the corridors, but couldn't really escape the lovely lady sat her desk when we walked into her office! @SpiderMonkey handled the situation well and just explained we were looking for the hall, and she pointed us in the right direction.
The next visit was a lot quieter, and although we heard the sounds of workers echoing down the empty corridors on a couple of occasions we didn't see anyone inside. The downstairs windows had been boarded and the place was obviously much less in-use than during our previous visit.
Main entrance / admin exterior
Admin and Corridors
The corridors still had a lovely old feel to them
Inside the main entrance
Things were being cleared out
X-Ray
Wards
The Hall
The hall has been split into two rooms with a partition wall between. Although now quite small, each room still retained the old charm and character from when it was a single room.
The stage had also been partitioned off, and had become derelict.
The projector room
And a couple of other bits to finish off with....
The hospital's small chapel was disappointing
The water tower was still locked up tight.
