Kingsway Psychiatric Hospital (Derby Borough Asylum) - Oct - 2010

[georgie]

Date founded: 1884
Date opened: 1888
Location: Kingsway, Rowditch, Derby, Derbyshire
Architect(s): B.S. Jacobs of Hull
Layout: Corridor (Courtyard) Plan

some history on the place http://www.bygonederbyshire.co.uk/st...l/article.html

county asylums externals of it http://www.countyasylums.com/mentala...kingsway02.htm

very clean and tidy in most parts could have ate my dinner off the floor if i had any with me

we spent hours inside and im pretty sure we covered everything

explored with kevsy21 and WIMR

also thanks to the cat crept in for the help on this

also bumped into kook and jst whilst inside (good to meet you chaps) and thanks to kook who gave us a really funny moment by stepping in someones poo after we had all warned eachother about nearly slipping on it....ha ha jeez it stunk


didnt get many externals given the circumstances of the explore this one is the female sick and infirm ward and the recreation hall and cinema to the right


one of the many courtyards in this place





















this is the best i could come up with this hall pic the sun was really bright and burned most of the pics


directly underneath the rec hall was this other hall/cinema...im pretty sure it still had projectors but access to the projector room was from the outside and it was locked




















the courtyard Restaurant


and the last day of service



last but not least the mortuary 2 fridges in total one said foster on it ??? the other bodies feet first