Tal-y-fan (Denbigh Asylum) Apr 2010

[nickweb]

Tal-y-fan was built as part of Denbigh Asylum in 1933, I think it closed in 2002, but cant seem to find much information about the building. It is situated about 5 mins walk as the crow flies from the main part of the hospital, near the Regional Center for Children with Autism, which closed recently.
Largely untouched inside, which is suprising, but I guess its kind of protected by being a walk away from the main site, and being close to a complex that until now has been live.
Explored with Sloth and Minxy

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This was a flowchart of instructions incase someone got hurt with a needle or something:
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I see the last checkdate on this was 2001, which ties in with a 2002 closure:
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What looks like a timetable for patients:
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Upstairs was in really good condition too
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Apart from someone trying to RIP a pipe out of a wall:
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Found 2 posters that had fallen off one of the dorm room walls:
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Also saw that they had adopted the 'new fangled' energy-saving bulbs:
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So I had a little light play with it:
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Had a little encounter with some security on the way out, but they let us pass without incident :D
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Thanks for looking :)

[Lil_Witch]

a mate of mine recced this in 2004 days after it originally closed after the denbigh site was sold, saw someone asking about it in the chat thing and found this report , so heres some of his pics if thats ok

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2004
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now
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thanks