St Crispins Asylum - Northampton - Feb 2011

[nelly]

Went on a little road trip to Northampton today with Skeleton Key and Tstranger1066, on the way up the motorway we picked up Msaunder1972.

After an Laurel and Hardy trip (which involved me going the wrong way around the roundabout on which the Nottingham Lift Tower lives) we arrived.

First stop was St Crispins Asylum

The History

The hospital was built in 1876 and designed by Robert Griffiths, who also designed the Staffordshire County Asylum. The site made good use of its location, with extensive southern views and incorporated a large farm, gas works, staff residences and burial ground.

The style is Gothic; the most popular style of the day, which features lots of local bricks and stone dressings and a large clock/water tower more akin to a church steeple. In 1887 the asylum was extended further to accommodate more patients, and by the 1940s had reached it’s maximum population.

The asylum entered the news in more recent history, when a fire broke out killing 6 patients, and the hospital finally closed its doors in 1995 and is being beautifully redeveloped into modern apartments using the original buildings











The Projector












Inside The Doctors Residence










Yes we do!!!


Thanks for taking the time

[skeletonkey]

I havnt been here in four years and was curious too see what remained.

It felt good to see it again and climb the tower which for me im sure will be for the last time.
The lower floors are fire damaged and the weathers weakening its expossed timbers.















Nelly it was at this point i had thoughts,
if it wasnt your round about anticks that was going to get me
then it would be the rotten floor thank full i was wrong on both counts .
LOL Had a realy great day with great company

SK

[nelly]

Good stuff, is there only one projector now? There was two there last month.

It must have taken a major effort to get that out!!

Worry not, the other one is there, minus the case for a mercury arc rectifier that is smashed up outside.