1,656 Comments for Northam Manor Psychiatric Hospital

Thanks! Great shot and you have a great eye for capturing these sites.

Very interesting …thanks!

Ah, yes it would be - this particular building is quite different than the one displayed in the first half of this gallery. I'm not sure of the closure date, but I'd guess it was only a few years or so until these photos were taken. Sorry for the confusion!

Think I'll choose left.

Yes but if that's the case, then having a light here and there remain lit after the building is shuttered for 53 years is rather creepy. One would assume all bulbs would be non working.

I don't think it matters much; these institutions are usually so large they operate like small towns. They have their own power plant - burning coal, oil or gas that generates electricity and steam in massive furnaces. There's probably so much excess, that shutting off a few lights or repairing a leaking steam main simply doesn't make a difference.

Yes; first there's a doorway (sign above it reads "Fire Station No. 5"), and beyond that is a perpendicular hallway, then the segmented elevator door.

Mike: the hospital is located in a pretty urban area so there are lots of pigeons, and the open-air solaria give the birds plenty of access in and out of the building. Also, it's been closed for fifty years, with no water to wash it away, so there's a lot of buildup.

flushed: yep, they were flying and hooting all over the place. They tended to leave the room when I walked in and set up the camera.

The lumps are just higher piles of bird crap; probably below the more favorable places for pigeons to hang out.

That same reflection has been cast on that wall since it was built...some things never change.

thanks Mike T

just dont see how the power stays on in these places, who pays the bill

I see them. Funny stuff Tom.

seems like a hearing test booth.

Interesting how that pic stays stuck with the many layers of old wall covering under it and the rest of the stuff has peeled away.