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this is completely gone now...some dumb kids set this room on fire and other people stole the pieces of the fireplace

fun fact, the material of the side of the stairs that looks like marble as well, is just thick wooden panels painted to look that way. got a tour today

I don't know the dates when the various buildings were constructed, but this banister would be appropriate for 1907 or other early period in the life of the institution. The place wasn't built as a prison or torture chamber - it was a school; it would have had attractive (if impractical) features and details before (as dme noted above) the safety fencing was installed. Some of the architecture of other buildings looks like they had to be built in the 1930s and 1950s.

This entire gallery of images is just stunning - not only do the pictures capture history, but do so in an artistic way.

This is going to sound like a dumb question, but I don't know that much about masonry.... will the crack cause structural weakness, or would it be cosmetic only? Or possibly both? I guess it doesn't really matter unless they are going to use the building for something else... nice building, though. :)

Sad, my grandfather passed away there in 1980.

I am selling a copy of the history of whittingham...

130536227457 ebay item number
will offer free p&p if anyone one is interested.....

email me: evonneharwood@btinternet.com

( really great pics ) thank you for posting them

The light in this is amazing!

I have been doing research on family history and found my grandfathers father was in this state hospital for 17 years and died in 1951 at age 86 at this hospital according to his death certificate. We have no idea why he was there, I owuld love to find some records on him. Any ideas????

whats it do

crazy when i go in im seein if it works

i went there today didnt go in but very creepy from the outside why is there a smokestak in the back and that weird ad on that is a circle i felt like people were watching me and my friends i heard noises coming from inside and a guy yelling get out seriously very creepy i found papers outside that were from 1985 and you could read them it was saying how much medicine they gave the people creepy i heard homeless people lived in there now in the basement. there was wheelchairs outside and also gernies so weird there was grefiti everywhere and i heard people talking inside the building i couldnt hear what they were saying but it was coming from the old kicthen im going back at night this week wish me luck

ya really big autoclave do they put people in there

wow creepy just went there today and CREEPY!!!!!!!!! but awesome goin at night soon

don't go!! this place is not for some cheap fun.
these places should be treated like a sacred place.
if you do go take only photos leave only tracks
THAT GOES FOR ALL WHO GO WITH YOU,

yummy......can't wait for that scene.......LOL