This is my first post so I hope I've got everything correct...?(thanks)
Decided to go on an adventure with my new DSLR on Boxing Day. Was in Mid Wales so took a trip to Talgarth Mental Hospital/Asylum. I couldn't get into the main building but was able to enter one of the side buildings.
This large psychiatric hospital closed in 2000 due to a combination of factors including its relative isolation and changes to mental health care in England and Wales. Controversially sold to the resident Chief Medical Officer for just £227,000 The slate alone, that was on the roof, was said to be worth £2,000,000(2million!) which was stripped and sold by its owner.
Also know as The Brecon and Radnor Counties Joint Lunatic Asylum. It was opened on 18th March, 1903, by the Rt Hon. Lord Glanusk who said of it "everything has been done that human ingenuity could devise for the happiness and safety of the inmates, and under the blessing of God, for their speedy restoration to health."
Although the population of the two Welsh counties remained small, by the end of 1925, 455 patients were resident. The asylum was designed to be self-sufficient, and had its own private water, electricity, heating and sewerage systems as well as a considerable agricultural estate. As well as wards, the hospital had a large hall, kitchens, workshops, a tailor, bakery, shoe-maker and printing shops as well as 8 acres of market gardens.
Apart from a short spell as a POW camp, the hospital remained as a 'rehabilitation centre' until its closure. During the 1970's & 80's it began downsizing as more effective treatments and better community care became available. In 1994 the number averaged around 140 and wards began closing gradually.
Outside
This drainpipe was nearly the highlight of the whole journey
The tower
Courtyard
It smelt WAY worse than it looked
The cleanest place I found was....
Decided to go on an adventure with my new DSLR on Boxing Day. Was in Mid Wales so took a trip to Talgarth Mental Hospital/Asylum. I couldn't get into the main building but was able to enter one of the side buildings.
This large psychiatric hospital closed in 2000 due to a combination of factors including its relative isolation and changes to mental health care in England and Wales. Controversially sold to the resident Chief Medical Officer for just £227,000 The slate alone, that was on the roof, was said to be worth £2,000,000(2million!) which was stripped and sold by its owner.
Also know as The Brecon and Radnor Counties Joint Lunatic Asylum. It was opened on 18th March, 1903, by the Rt Hon. Lord Glanusk who said of it "everything has been done that human ingenuity could devise for the happiness and safety of the inmates, and under the blessing of God, for their speedy restoration to health."
Although the population of the two Welsh counties remained small, by the end of 1925, 455 patients were resident. The asylum was designed to be self-sufficient, and had its own private water, electricity, heating and sewerage systems as well as a considerable agricultural estate. As well as wards, the hospital had a large hall, kitchens, workshops, a tailor, bakery, shoe-maker and printing shops as well as 8 acres of market gardens.
Apart from a short spell as a POW camp, the hospital remained as a 'rehabilitation centre' until its closure. During the 1970's & 80's it began downsizing as more effective treatments and better community care became available. In 1994 the number averaged around 140 and wards began closing gradually.
Outside
This drainpipe was nearly the highlight of the whole journey
The tower
Courtyard
It smelt WAY worse than it looked
The cleanest place I found was....
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