This place needs no introduction, but here is a little bit of history for you.
The asylum is a grade 2 listed building. Designed by Thomas Full James, building works started in 1844 and was compleated in 1848, designed to hold between 60 and 200 patients. The asylum was gradualy shut down between 1991 and 1995.
In 2008 that oh so popular tv program Most Haunted spent a whole week filiming live here, claiming to find and see all sorts of paranormal things.
Late in 2008 during renovation work the building caught fire, as a result the main hall was sadly lost.
By 2011 the building was at serious risk of collapsing, So denbigh council spent just under 1 million quid repairing it, as the owner at the time didnt want to do anything about the collapsing property.
On the 20th of march 2015 a compulsory purchace order was granted to the local council, and further application for planning permission was put forward.
My visit, Had a great time exploring this one many years ago. Was still in a bad way back then but no where near as bad as it is now. The peely paint and plentyfull decay made for some lovely pics, and the colours where rather nice too. Never did see the legend thay is Elwyn either, although he was driving round the site in his little white van. Was nice to find the old wheelchair as it was a nice prop to use in the corridor with the round skylights.
The Mourge
The door Most Haunted added.
Before the fencing was put up that ruins the externals nowadays
Enjoy folks
The asylum is a grade 2 listed building. Designed by Thomas Full James, building works started in 1844 and was compleated in 1848, designed to hold between 60 and 200 patients. The asylum was gradualy shut down between 1991 and 1995.
In 2008 that oh so popular tv program Most Haunted spent a whole week filiming live here, claiming to find and see all sorts of paranormal things.
Late in 2008 during renovation work the building caught fire, as a result the main hall was sadly lost.
By 2011 the building was at serious risk of collapsing, So denbigh council spent just under 1 million quid repairing it, as the owner at the time didnt want to do anything about the collapsing property.
On the 20th of march 2015 a compulsory purchace order was granted to the local council, and further application for planning permission was put forward.
My visit, Had a great time exploring this one many years ago. Was still in a bad way back then but no where near as bad as it is now. The peely paint and plentyfull decay made for some lovely pics, and the colours where rather nice too. Never did see the legend thay is Elwyn either, although he was driving round the site in his little white van. Was nice to find the old wheelchair as it was a nice prop to use in the corridor with the round skylights.
The Mourge
The door Most Haunted added.
Before the fencing was put up that ruins the externals nowadays
Enjoy folks
