The remains of Hellingly hospital, Oct 2011
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The remains of Hellingly hospital, Oct 2011
Image: © Julian P Guffogg Taken: 9 Oct 2011
Hellingly was designed by architect GT Hine and built to a late Victorian design during a period of massive expansion for mental health facilities in Britain. Hellingly First opened its doors to patients in 1903 and continued to serve the local community for almost the next 90 years. As with so many other asylums a change in policy on the treatment of many patients meant closure of the majority of buildings in 1994. Some excellent pictures of the last days of the hospital can be seen here http://www.abandoned-britain.com/PP/hellingly/1.htm
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