I don't rightly know much about the history of this place, other than that it was built as an asylum, sometime in the 1700s by the look of it, and then it was a psychiatric hospital which closed sometime in the 1990s by the look of some of the records in the basement.
Parts of one wing (The same one as the former Male Psychiatric) were then used as an integrated college, we assumed this was probably some time shortly after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, in any case the school has now gone.
Parts of the main building are now in use again as we found when we were inside; the NHS seems to store equipment in parts and there is evidence of the civil service using rooms near the main entrance.
The place is an absolute labyrinth. The first few photos here are from the area which was the integrated college, and the former asylum's cells can be seen in some shots. I can't imagine the school found much use for these small, cramped rooms.
The view down one of the wings, with the row of cells on the left hand side, barely visible in the low light
1950s style desks complete with graffiti from what claims to be 2001
The tunnels underneath are now simply for heating and ventilation. I had heard there were padded cells and chains down here but if there were they have been bricked up
They don't make stairs like them anymore.
Parts of one wing (The same one as the former Male Psychiatric) were then used as an integrated college, we assumed this was probably some time shortly after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, in any case the school has now gone.
Parts of the main building are now in use again as we found when we were inside; the NHS seems to store equipment in parts and there is evidence of the civil service using rooms near the main entrance.
The place is an absolute labyrinth. The first few photos here are from the area which was the integrated college, and the former asylum's cells can be seen in some shots. I can't imagine the school found much use for these small, cramped rooms.
The view down one of the wings, with the row of cells on the left hand side, barely visible in the low light
1950s style desks complete with graffiti from what claims to be 2001
The tunnels underneath are now simply for heating and ventilation. I had heard there were padded cells and chains down here but if there were they have been bricked up
They don't make stairs like them anymore.