Pool Park Hospital, Denbighshire - December 2010

[The Littlest Jellyfish]

Hi, Merry Christmas! Here are some photos of Pool Park Hospital.

Pool Park House was once owned by Sir Walter Bagot, a prominent Staffordshire barrister, and was rebuilt in in its current incarnation between 1826-1829 as a residence for the second Lord Bagot. After eventually being sold to the Tate family (of Tate & Lyle), it was acquired by the North Wales Counties Mental Hospital and opened in 1937 to accommodate 87 patients for relief of overcrowding at the much larger and much more visited Denbigh Hospital. Its official designation was as a psychiatric convalescent home, and eventually closed in 1990. Planning documents were submitted some years ago for conversion into a 60-apartment residential home, but were rejected. It's now, sadly, in a poor interior state. A solo trip for me, recent rain and leaky roof slates created some strange noises and caused a few nervous moments.

#1: Main entrance hall with nice wood panelling:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph5.jpg

#2: Main staircase from ground floor to first floor:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph3.jpg

#3
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph2.jpg

#4
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph7.jpg

#5
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph6.jpg

#6
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph8.jpg

#7
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph9.jpg

#8: Through a door marked PRIVATE, steps ascend to the first floor, presumably staff/admin quarters. The floors are a bit dodgy, and someone needs to get the decorators in
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph10.jpg

#9: staff bathroom
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph11.jpg

#10
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph12.jpg

#11: down in the basement/cellars, this terrifying chair lurks in the rubble:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph13.jpg

#12: ducts connecting the boiler room to the main building
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph1.jpg

#13: outside front
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph4.jpg

[The Littlest Jellyfish]

Thanks for the comments, folks, you're all very kind. I'm really surprised more people don't know about this place, I find it hard to believe none of the Denbigh Asylum regulars haven't been here. Anyway, here's a bonus, because you've all been so well behaved this Christmas - it's another chair photo. And we all love chairs, don't we?

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/dr-nylon/uef/pph16.jpg