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Report - - Goodmayes Hospital Watertower, Goodmayes, Essex - 2015 | Asylums and Hospitals | 28DaysLater.co.uk

Report - Goodmayes Hospital Watertower, Goodmayes, Essex - 2015

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slayaaaa

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Intro

Goodmayes Hospital is the nicest one I've seen, just because I've been paying the place a visit very frequently recently and every time we go we see something different, and I mean that in the sense that I've barely ever seen the same room, corridor, ward or whatever every time we set foot in here. In fact people have missed so much here.

So for now, this is just the water tower, I mean look at it, the thing is incredible, best looking one I've seen and definitely the nicest I've climbed.The brickwork is incredible. Stay tuned for the rest.

Either way, enjoy this! Had a fricking awesome night drinking many cans with Alex, Daisy and MockneyReject who will want to put a report up soon as well.

Such a good night and one I won't forget (If i haven't already, my head hurts...)

One of the best explores I've done hands down.

History

Following the Local Government Act, 1888, West Ham became a County Borough on 1st April 1889. As one of its first acts, the Councillors decided that the new Borough should have its own asylum for mentally ill paupers rather than continue to use the Essex County Asylum in Brentwood.

Eventually a site was chosen and in 1895 the Blue House Farm, to the north of Ilford, was acquired for £8,835, with sanction to a loan for £7,360 being obtained for this purpose. A further sanction was obtained in 1898 to borrow £300,000 for the erected of the buildings.

The foundation stone was laid on 3rd August 1898 by Alderman William Ivey, and work began on the building of the Asylum, which was to accommodate 800 patients.

The West Ham Borough Asylum officially opened on 1st August 1901. It had cost £338,633 to design and build.

Built on a Compact Arrow layout, with a south-facing aspect, the central Administrative Block was flanked on either side with four ward pavilions, one designated for the sick and infirm, another for acute cases, one for epileptic patients and the last for chronic cases. The west side contained 350 beds in 8 wards for male patients, and the east side 450 beds in 9 wards for female patients. There was also an isolation block.

The site also contained a kitchen, a mortuary, workshops, staff quarters, a laundry and farm buildings. An Cartesian well had been sunk to provide a water supply, and the necessary pumping plant and water tower had also been built.

In the early 1990s the NHS underwent a more radical re-organisation, with the introduction of the Health Trust System The Hospital joined the Redbridge Health Care Trust in 1993 with 452 beds.

By this time plans to relocate the King George Hospital in Eastern Avenue to the Goodmayes Hospital site were well underway. The ward blocks built in the early 1930s had been demolished, as had the isolation block and the mortuary. (The new King George Hospital opened in 1993.)

The Hospital site is still currently in use, with the laundry, water tower and boiler house providing services also for King George Hospital.

The original Administration Building and the Medical Superintendent's house (Tantallon House) are used for mental health purposes. The Hospital has 70 beds.

The 1934 Medical Superintendent's residence, the lodge cottage and The ward blocks for semi-infirm patients are no longer in use.

The chapel has been demolished and its site is now a car park."

Cheers Lost Hospitals of London, if you wish to read on (I highly recommend you do) the the link is here: http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/goodmayes.html

However They're partially wrong, A large section of the water tower is no longer in use, as you'll see shortly.

In fact only a very small section of Goodmayes is in use.


Pictures

Old external

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Looking over the West side

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Chimney

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Looking East

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Fisheye wins

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Oh my word the sky was so good :D

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Dat tree

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King George

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Sweepy clouds

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The top section, shaped triangularly, A lot of cobwebs, clearly no one had been up here for quite a few years

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Stairs

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Awwwww Yeahhhhhh

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Enjoyed best with Kronenbourg

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Nice, we have had quite a bit of fun here over the years too, not been up there tho.
 

slayaaaa

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Funnily enough I'm in the process of writing it all up! Was looking for a specific picture/map of the floor plan of the building which I've just recieved permission to use. So this week is getting that all typed and sorted. :)
 

slayaaaa

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Love it. We had a good guided wander around a few years ago. The main hall is great, but EH refused to let it be listed because Claybury is so close by, madness IMO.

Yeah brilliant picture by the way, few more things to come from here. Was supposed to spend this week getting it all typed but found some exploring to be had instead... :p tbc
 
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