Hellingly Hospital
The Hellingly Hospital , and East Sussex County Asylum , was a mental hospital , which opened on July 20, 1903 and has been empty since 1994. It is near the village of Hellingly in East Sussex, England .
history
The hospital was designed by the architect George Thomas Hine . Construction of the building began in 1898. Five years later, the building was opened. It cost a total of £ 353,400 to build. In 1994 the institution was closed and partially demolished.
Hellingly Hospital Railway
The special thing about this clinic was - in addition to the advanced architecture at that time - also its own electric railway, the Hellingly Hospital Railway , which was constructed in 1899 and played an important role, especially during construction, as it could easily be used to procure building materials. The decision to run the railway electrically was not made until 1902. It cost a total of £ 3,000 to build. The train , which consisted of an electric locomotive , two coal cars and a rail bus for twelve people, but which was removed in 1932 and served as a cricket pavilion on the premises of the institution , was also used after the construction work to transport coal for the clinic. The line was actually intended to be used by trains with medical equipment during World War II, which were supposed to support the Canadian military. However, this plan was never implemented and the Hellingly Hospital Railway was decommissioned in 1959. After that, the hospital no longer heated with coal , but with oil .
architecture
The main wing contained a kitchen, an administrative area, some storage rooms, a hall for leisure activities and recreation and a lounge for medical assistants and staff. As in most large institutions of the time, the sexes were separated at Hellingly Hospital. To the west of the main building were the men's workplaces and a water tower , while the east wing housed the women as well as the laundry and sewing shop. The main building was connected by a network of corridors.
To the north of the main building were a chapel and four villas, one for male working patients, two for working patients and one for mentally handicapped children. In the southwest there was a facility for acute illnesses and in the northwest there was a small hospital for very contagious diseases.
Neglect and vandalism
After the institution was closed, most of the buildings fell into disrepair. Vandalism , fires, weather conditions and more hit the building hard. In 2003 the abandoned sanatorium gained new prominence due to the trend of urban exploration . In mid-2010, however, some parts were demolished to make room for new apartments.
Web links
- East Sussex County Asylum - TheTimeChamber.co.uk
- Hellingly Hospital - Forbidden-Places.net
- Hellingly Asylum - abandoned-britain.com