These photographs are from an 'unofficial' tour we took of Barnes Hospital in Cheadle. Built in 1871 the hospital was, contry to popular belief (the hospital was featured on Most Haunted Live in 2005 and was misrepresented as a psychiatric institution), used mainly for geriatric care and for stroke patients later on until its closure in 1999.
The building is structurally sound in most places, but the decay is clearly evident. I found this to be intriguing as although many of the rooms were the same, each had its own character, as if it had decayed in a way particular to that room.
As the place was boarded up, there was very little light on the ground and lower ground floors, but upstairs light flooded the rooms. Although there wasnt anything as such to see, the building was obviously emptied when closed, every so often we would come across something such as a sign for a ward, or a rotten chair. Most interestingly, the caretakers room was filled with bits and bats that hadnt been removed (I shall put these in a later entry).
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