800 Comments for Great Barr Colony (St Margaret's Hospital)

sad to hear that the local toe rags are still destroying this place.from what solomon said about walsall council keeping an eye on the place maybe as many people as poss should let them know whats going on. bovis should be bought to book too. think anyone who cares should contact the local press or councillor and demand to know who owns it and whats going on. my feeling is that in ten years time there will be no lakes or mansion just another 400 crap bovis houses on the site.who do we speak to at the council solomon ?

solomon92
if you still go on your horses over the site, i think i may have seen the prints from your horse

i would like you to email me if you can please

heather_harvey_@hotmail.co.uk

thanksss :)

the stair case was destroyed yearrsss ago in a fire, (arson)


been there twice in the past two weeks, less than a year ago, it looked like they was doing work on it, they had fixed the fence around it and had 2 security dogs guarding it


after going there two weeks ago, the fence is once aain broke, the two secutriy huts that were thtere have beeen burnt, a caravan that was also there has been totally burnt

what appears to have happened is that new scafolding was put up, inside and out, and then jsut left

ladders fromthere are all the way up where some old buidlings used to be, some of the scaffolding has been destroyed, and some of the building has decayed even more, so that some of the building work has falled onto some of the scaffoliding and managed to break it

i have pictures , if anyone would like to see then, drop me an email at heather_harvey_@hotmail.co.uk

i still recon bovis ( the people who bought the land and built on it) have installe the scaffolding to make it look like they are doing work on it, and are jsut going to leave it till it is decayed so much they cannot restore it

they have restored the gothic bridge tho - i have pictures of this also


but whilst i was there today, we noticed blue flashing lights

and from across the lake we could see firemen on the scaffolding and 2 fire engines

not sure what they were doing

couldnt tell if there had been a fire there today or not as we couldnt smell any smoke, but the fire could have been out by the time we got there, hopin to go up there soon to see if theres any signs of what went on today

vary cool pic motts my hats off to you

the is so cool jude the before and after pic vary cool

the lone chair strike a a gain

that remind me to wash out the coffee pot

re:Janet Welford's comment. My dad worked at St Margaret's for many years. I can't speak for all the staff but he was the most kind and considerate nurse I could wish to treat me were I ill.

does this place still have security?

This is one of my favorites. It's breathtaking!

I know no-one has commented for some time, but this chair was used for weighing the patients.

The garvestones are pets, there is a small one of a dog named spot and a larger stone which was a horse

This picture shows the wine and food cellar below the hall, it was huge and consisted of row upon rows of brick arch's. I know this as I spent alot of time down here as kids and we used to play hide and seek in the cellar, it was a very scary place as there was no lights just two shoots that lead to the outside. I have got a lot a memories of this place and lots of stories to tell.

To Jiff...
Still nothing at all is happening in the way of restoration, although I have been told that the council have a close eye on whats going on with the hall, how close only time will tell !!!

And this is the ceiling i was talking about in an earlier comment... i would of loved to of seen it when it was in its full glory!