Tag Archives: architecture

Repton Park, formerly Claybury Hospital

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

  Aerial view of Claybury, undated. (posted on flickr by Jeroen Komen and licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0) Repton Park at Woodford Bridge in Essex is a large housing estate that has been created on the site of the former Claybury … Continue reading →

Posted in asylums, English Hospitals | Tagged , , , , , , | 25 Comments

The Hospitals Investigator 4

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

Issue 4 of Robert Taylor’s Hospitals Investigator was circulated in July 1992 and in his editorial he wrote that the theme for this issue would be lunacy, in particular, baths and fire precautions. It concluded with a report on the … Continue reading →

Posted in asylum, asylums, cottage hospital, English Hospitals, isolation hospitals, mental hospital, workhouses | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Huntin’ Shootin’ and Fishin’ at an upper-crust, prefab sanatorium

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

In the third edition of Rufenacht Walters’ Sanatoria for Consumptives published in 1905 is an account of Alderney Manor Sanatorium and the photograph above of the patients’ accommodation. This type of simple prefabricated timber and corrugated iron structure were commonly used for small … Continue reading →

Posted in English Hospitals, sanatoria | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Pine Trees

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

The subject of pine trees formed a digression in the second issue of the Hospitals Investigator, and it put me in mind of earlier research that I had done in Scotland where Sanatoria were set amongst pines so that the patients … Continue reading →

Posted in English Hospitals, isolation hospitals, sanatoria, Scottish Hospitals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Hospitals Investigator 3

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

Isolation Hospitals Issue number three of the Hospitals Investigator was produced by Robert Taylor in April 1992 and was largely devoted to the subject of isolation hospitals, and more particularly the model plans published by the Local Government Board from … Continue reading →

Posted in English Hospitals, isolation hospitals | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Marianbad

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

I bought this postcard on ebay the other week, and ever since have been footling about on the internet trying to find out something of the buildings shown here. Marianbad, or Mariánské Lázně, is in the Czech Republic, and was a … Continue reading →

Posted in European Hospitals, Spas, Specialist Hospitals | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Moorhaven Village, Devon, (formerly Plymouth Borough Asylum)

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

Moorhaven Hospital by Nick photographed in July 2012, detail of the water tower. Image is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Via twitter, an article caught my eye that appeared in The Telegraph on the former Plymouth Borough Asylum, latterly Moorhaven Hospital and now … Continue reading →

Posted in asylums, English Hospitals | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Stratheden Hospital

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

Stratheden Hospital from the south, photographed in October 2014 by MacKlly (image reproduced under CC0 1.0 Universal) Stratheden Hospital is administered by NHS Fife as a community hospital caring for patients with mental health issues. Most of the patients’ accommodation … Continue reading →

Posted in asylum, Scottish Hospitals | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Perth, Western Australia

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

The original home of the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Perth, in a former Industrial School designed in the ‘Federation Free Style’ by Robert Haddon (c) State Library of Western Australia This caught my eye earlier in the week, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Hospitals, industrial schools, maternity hospital | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

former Murthly Hospital, Perthshire

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

MURTHLY HOSPITAL   Built as the Perth District Asylum, it was designed by Edward & Robertson, of Dundee and opened in 1864. It was the second district asylum to open in Scotland. Five architects submitted plans from which the Dundee architects were chosen. … Continue reading →

Posted in asylum, mental hospital, Scottish Hospitals | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment