226 Comments for Hayswood Hospital

The lack of graffiti is interesting with all the broken windows. Clearly there have been a lot of people through the facility.

That really is an amazing level of decay.

Usually these paintings are creepy but this one is well done.

One of my first jobs, in fact my very first job was running an elevator in a department store. The doors were very similar to these. Had to stand inside by a lever that operated the car, took a lot of practice to land near the floor so people didn't trip over the difference in height. In fact I was instructed to say "watch your step" as people entered and exited so if someone DID fall, we could say that I warned them. But gee, I was only 16 at the time!

and yet it doesn't look like one window pane is broken!

How reassuring that it's "explosion proof"..... I mean they put BABIES in there!!! What did they do before this model was invented? Or more appropriately what happened to make that tag necessary, aside from the marketing angle that is?

That looks like a topographical map!

The color looks almost new if you can disregard the crumbling walls. A beautiful memorial. Thank you for your wonderful tour.

The building itself may be dying a slow death but the floors have come alive with an almost alien life form of their own!! Nature always prevails!

Asbestos, mold spores, God only knows what else is in these old places.
Not to mention the dangers of navigating unstable floors and stairways. Urban exploration is a dangerous business! We appreciate the risks you take for us Mr. Motts!!!

Foresight :)

This place is utterly beautiful in it's disintegration, and your photos are amazing as always. I can almost smell the damp and mildew through my laptop screen! XD That kudzu photo was super creepy though. Kudzu scares me so bad with the way it strangles everything.

It's amazing to me how much damage rain water can do. All of this could have been prevented if the roof had been maintained.

Awesome picture! With a bit of imagination this looks like a mini landscape with hills, valleys and plant life growing. All in the folds of an old shower curtain. I suppose in a way it is!!

Here's the grave of ev. Joseph Madison Evans and Alice Humphreys Evans:
http://www.findagrave....age=gr&GRid=97133859
Also, here is more information on Rev. J. M. Evans: http://www.nkyviews.co...sbyterian_Church.pdf. It is sad that these people were thought so much of by their congregants that they were honored with this fountain. Yet the fountain has become buried in an old, deteriorating building. Mr. Mott, thank you for letting them live again, if only in our imaginations.