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Report - Union Workhouse/Eastry Asylum - September 2012

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sirjonnyp

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Been meaning to make the effort and get over to Eastry for months now, after the recent fire I thought that I wouldn't get a chance, but fortunately this afternoon I found myself having a look around the former asylum.

Histoy pinched from 2wid's report:
Eastry Hospital started off life in 1835-6 as a poor mans workhouse. It quickly grew insize over subsequent years with more accomodation blocks being errected up until the 1870′s The layout was a traditional design, with the buildings being errected around a large courtyard. A chapel was built close to the road on one side of the workhouse. The workhouse eventually became Eastry Hospital, which was a centre that specialised in the care of people with learning difficulties. It finally closed in the late 1990′s.

The explore itself was a bit laboured. I was massively hungover to start off with, had a hellish train journey. I took my bike to cycle to Eastry, and had memorised the route. After about five miles I realised that something wasn't right, and worked out I was well over half way to Deal, and needed to go back. I was dying by the time I got to my destination. Anywho, I was pleasantly surprised to see how big what's left of the place is, and cracked on.

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I believe the building on the left was where the recent fire took place, although it didn't appear to be too badly damaged.

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The first hole in the wall that I wasn't connected to the rest of the building it turned out.

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These photos are from the building that's the furthest to the East, next to the fire station.

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Bath time? :D

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The final building I went in turned out to be the main one, and had a lot of hospital-related equipment around, unlike my recent trip to St. Augustines.

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Had a few disagreements with the floor on the way in to this room, fortunately I didn't make the hole any bigger.

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Found the above in the basement.

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Time was starting to become an issue at this point, so I rushed around the rest of the building

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I had a quick look around the chapel before I left, didn't see anything obvious though :( Then set off for the much-easier cycle ride back.

Quite a cool site in all, shame about the floor in places though. Seriously spooked myself at one point, got to stop doing solo explores!

SJP​
 
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