tbrown277
16-05-2010, 08:22 PM
I was lucky enough to recently visit the Mid Wales Hospital and was suprised as to how vast it was, I've seen many photos of this place and would be pleased if my photos were half as good or interesting as theirs. While exploring I met up with a fellow urban explorer who showed me the location of the hall. The atmosphere was very sombre and almost every time I turned my back I caught a glimpse of someone running behind a building out of site, although I imagine this is probably just the average feral chav. My only regrets were the fact that I didn't get to climb the tower to get an overview of the site (It was enclosed and inaccessible) I didn't get to see the piano, I couldn't find it and the boiler room was boarded up along with the morgue. I was shocked to find that in one of the buildings a pipe had burst and water was streaming out, I thought the water would have been turned off to this site by now. All in all I spent 4 hours at the site and then I had to leave.
Okay I'll just post a little history here although many of you are probably familar.
The Mid Wales Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Talgarth, Wales. It opened in 1906 and was formerly known as the Brecon and Radnor Joint Asylum or Mid Wales Counties Mental Hospital. It is in echelon style (narrow arrow)and at its peak could serve 1,000 patients.[clarification needed] However, nearer the end of its life, in 1995, this had dwindled to 168. The site was also home to the Mid and West Wales College of Nursing and Midwifery and the Powys Drugs & Alcohol Council for substance misuse.
As part of its services the hospital provided treatments for the elderly mentally ill; rehabilitation and continuing care; occupational therapy; day care facility; psychology; reflexology; physiotherapy; electro-convulsive therapy; chiropody and psychiatry.
Credit: Wikipedia
The still grand administration building
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/AdministrationBuilding.jpg
A side view of administration
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/AdministrationBuilding2.jpg
The large door to administration was locked.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/TheDoor.jpg
A desk in administration
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ADesk.jpg
A cabinet in administration, I don't understand why these haven't been taken they would fetch a good buck I imagine.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Cabinet.jpg
This room was creepy because it was the best preserved room in the hospital that I saw.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/CreepyRoom.jpg
Some Indicator lights for an office. I'm not sure what the actual term for them is.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Lights.jpg
A marble fireplace, again are thieves blind?
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/MarbleFireplace.jpg
An overview of the church.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ChurchCentre.jpg
A church hymn board, where are the other sixes?
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/HymnBoard.jpg
Church Windows.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ChurchWindows.jpg
Patients may have found solace through art.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Art2.jpg
Another patients art.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Art1.jpg
An armchair.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Armchair.jpg
A barred cell.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/BarredCell.jpg
A chair and boots.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ChairandBoots.jpg
A circle of chairs as if ghosts were in a meeting.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ChairCircle.jpg
A decaying room with stripping wallpaper.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Decay.jpg
Staircase with ornate design.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ElaborateStaircase.jpg
Made me think twice where I trod in the hospital.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/FloorCollapse.jpg
A seemingly endless corridor.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Corridor.jpg
Creepy.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Loveisallyouneed.jpg
The Large hall with stage.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/MainHallView.jpg
Another view of the hall.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/MainHallView2.jpg
The supposed mass graveyard.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/MassGraveyard.jpg
An old TV set.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/OldTV.jpg
This corridor originally housed padded cells, but the padding has since been stolen.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/PaddedCellCorridor.jpg
I imagine that this is a prosthetic leg but I can't be sure.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ProstheticLeg.jpg
It wouldn't be an asylum without a REDRUM.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/REDRUMBoard.jpg
Another isolation cell.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/SolitaryCell.jpg
Okay I'll just post a little history here although many of you are probably familar.
The Mid Wales Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Talgarth, Wales. It opened in 1906 and was formerly known as the Brecon and Radnor Joint Asylum or Mid Wales Counties Mental Hospital. It is in echelon style (narrow arrow)and at its peak could serve 1,000 patients.[clarification needed] However, nearer the end of its life, in 1995, this had dwindled to 168. The site was also home to the Mid and West Wales College of Nursing and Midwifery and the Powys Drugs & Alcohol Council for substance misuse.
As part of its services the hospital provided treatments for the elderly mentally ill; rehabilitation and continuing care; occupational therapy; day care facility; psychology; reflexology; physiotherapy; electro-convulsive therapy; chiropody and psychiatry.
Credit: Wikipedia
The still grand administration building
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/AdministrationBuilding.jpg
A side view of administration
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/AdministrationBuilding2.jpg
The large door to administration was locked.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/TheDoor.jpg
A desk in administration
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ADesk.jpg
A cabinet in administration, I don't understand why these haven't been taken they would fetch a good buck I imagine.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Cabinet.jpg
This room was creepy because it was the best preserved room in the hospital that I saw.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/CreepyRoom.jpg
Some Indicator lights for an office. I'm not sure what the actual term for them is.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Lights.jpg
A marble fireplace, again are thieves blind?
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/MarbleFireplace.jpg
An overview of the church.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ChurchCentre.jpg
A church hymn board, where are the other sixes?
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/HymnBoard.jpg
Church Windows.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ChurchWindows.jpg
Patients may have found solace through art.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Art2.jpg
Another patients art.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Art1.jpg
An armchair.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Armchair.jpg
A barred cell.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/BarredCell.jpg
A chair and boots.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ChairandBoots.jpg
A circle of chairs as if ghosts were in a meeting.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ChairCircle.jpg
A decaying room with stripping wallpaper.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Decay.jpg
Staircase with ornate design.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ElaborateStaircase.jpg
Made me think twice where I trod in the hospital.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/FloorCollapse.jpg
A seemingly endless corridor.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Corridor.jpg
Creepy.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/Loveisallyouneed.jpg
The Large hall with stage.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/MainHallView.jpg
Another view of the hall.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/MainHallView2.jpg
The supposed mass graveyard.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/MassGraveyard.jpg
An old TV set.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/OldTV.jpg
This corridor originally housed padded cells, but the padding has since been stolen.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/PaddedCellCorridor.jpg
I imagine that this is a prosthetic leg but I can't be sure.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/ProstheticLeg.jpg
It wouldn't be an asylum without a REDRUM.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/REDRUMBoard.jpg
Another isolation cell.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Mid%20Wales%20Lunatic%20Asylum/SolitaryCell.jpg