Hi OS. This one is an awesome place, after seeing it come up online I knew I had to visit, I thought it had all been redeveloped! A lot more to look at here than I had first assumed also. Here's some history on the place:
The hospital was designed on the broad arrow plan by architect J. Vickers Edwards. The 300 acre estate on which the asylum was built was purchased by the West Riding Justices for £18,000 in 1885 and the large gothic complex of stone buildings was formally opened on 8 October 1888.
The hospital was intended to be largely self-sufficient, and was provided with its own library, surgery, dispensary, butchery, dairies, bakery, shop, upholster's and cobbler's workshops and a large estate partly devoted to agriculture and market gardening. The patients lived in wards and if they were able, were expected to work towards their keep either on the farm, in the kitchens and laundry, or in various handicrafts. In its final years of operation, High Royds had become outdated and unsuited to modern psychiatric practice. The hospital was closed in stages between 25 February 2003 and June of the same year.
As of 2011, the site was being redeveloped as a new village, also called High Royds, retaining some features of the hospital such as the ballroom and the clock tower.
Good couple of visits with some of my S.O'C.C can'ts.
Pics:
The stunning external:
Admin staircase:
Entrance:
Arch and mosaic floor:
Stained glass:
Corridor junction:
Bars:
Corridor junction:
Group shot..
Green Room:
Corridor with bars:
Main hall:
We checked out some other bits too..
Cheers for looking!
The hospital was designed on the broad arrow plan by architect J. Vickers Edwards. The 300 acre estate on which the asylum was built was purchased by the West Riding Justices for £18,000 in 1885 and the large gothic complex of stone buildings was formally opened on 8 October 1888.
The hospital was intended to be largely self-sufficient, and was provided with its own library, surgery, dispensary, butchery, dairies, bakery, shop, upholster's and cobbler's workshops and a large estate partly devoted to agriculture and market gardening. The patients lived in wards and if they were able, were expected to work towards their keep either on the farm, in the kitchens and laundry, or in various handicrafts. In its final years of operation, High Royds had become outdated and unsuited to modern psychiatric practice. The hospital was closed in stages between 25 February 2003 and June of the same year.
As of 2011, the site was being redeveloped as a new village, also called High Royds, retaining some features of the hospital such as the ballroom and the clock tower.
Good couple of visits with some of my S.O'C.C can'ts.
Pics:
The stunning external:
Admin staircase:
Entrance:
Arch and mosaic floor:
Stained glass:
Corridor junction:
Bars:
Corridor junction:
Group shot..
Green Room:
Corridor with bars:
Main hall:
We checked out some other bits too..
Cheers for looking!
