Wednesday 18 March 2009

St. marys asylum, stannington. feb 09

well it was about time i updated the blog! so here we go, went to St. Marys asylum in stannington near newcastle. Originally named Gateshead Borough Asylum, it opened in 1914 and closed in 1995. there was dog walkers about but they was friendly enough, they know what i was going to be doing as i was carrying my tripod and had no dog! its bare inside but not really damaged as its miles from anything this place there was only a few house's near by. it was very much like whittingham asylum in preston but it was ALL natural decay, no vandals! here's the pics



first place i stumbled across was the morgue, found totally by accident! not often you find slabs undamaged!






this one is of the laundry so im told! just looks like a big store!

the main hall was very grand, but the floor was rotten as ive ever seen, there was a few places that looked like people had found this out for themselves! i decided to give this one a miss!

i like this pic as for some reason the chair only has 3 legs left on it!

yes its a HDR, was trying to show the state of the place with the building outside!


finally found the chapel was stripped to nowt, but there was the remains of an organ in there as you can see below!


and finally these two pics had to be done! :)

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

mannnn, youre brave, i wouldnt dar lie on that table... i know nothing would happen but just the feel of it would creep me.... really good pics mate.

Anonymous said...

can you describe the location of the morgue mate, have been twice and not found it yet

scrappy said...

its one of these 2 outbuilings near the main entrence it was a old blue door! http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=55.123835,-1.716079&spn=0.000337,0.000797&t=h&z=20 hope it helps!

Anonymous said...

Hey, one of my ancestors died in this asylum. He may have lain on that very slab! Thanx for the photos, Scrappy.

spezzsma said...

The morgue in Bamber Bridge was never at Arla site. Do you want to know where it was?

scrappy said...

This one is near Newcastle, which one are you on about?

stuartpatto1976 said...

we went in today while the demolition team were there mad as we never got seen till we were abt to leave the place is nowt but a shell most ov it has gone but the tower his untouched we got to the top but is full ov pigon s..t very sad all that history gone its criminal to let it be demolished security called the police but they were sound even let me of with 2 defective tyres

scrappy said...

good stuff, its a great place to visit! i went during demo as well, not put the pics up yet but only did one of the out buildings i missed earlier.

Anonymous said...

i was up there with the doctor the day and i shit myself yet again :)