Highroyds Psychiatric Hospital formerly West Yorkshire Pauper Lunatic Asylum----now coverted to flats and houses in the grounds, the main hospital derelict. Resident of the new site are, as I have e
heard, asking the Vicar of Menston to bless/exorcise houses haunted by the restless spirits of former residents. As far as I can make out four parts of the complex are converted wards, one being Ward 28 which w as the violent female Ward.There are some new houses that look like Colditz.I worked there 1962-5, the place looks like Draculas Castle now but it is sad that many fine architertural features are buried beneath the rubble, notably the beautiful black daisy mosaic. There are stories about the mortuary also--I dont think this planned for conversion to a house, though I know some hospital morges have been.
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heard, asking the Vicar of Menston to bless/exorcise houses haunted by the restless spirits of former residents. As far as I can make out four parts of the complex are converted wards, one being Ward 28 which w as the violent female Ward.There are some new houses that look like Colditz.I worked there 1962-5, the place looks like Draculas Castle now but it is sad that many fine architertural features are buried beneath the rubble, notably the beautiful black daisy mosaic. There are stories about the mortuary also--I dont think this planned for conversion to a house, though I know some hospital morges have been.
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