Cane Hill Hospital

Nightingale

Nightingale was used as the admissions unit and thus closed in the mid 1980s.  I have not gained access to this ward.

Olave/Queens

Olave/Queens was one block, the equivalent of Browning/Blake. Queens, on the ground floor, has many items remaining in situ, and has also been grafittied. Olave, on the first floor, is much more bare

The cleared dormitory on the first floor

General mess on the ground floor, windows however intact on the first.

Damp setting in after tiles were removed from the roof

Immense amounts of grafitti in this stub corridor

Beds remaining in the easterly dormitory. The door leads to the verandah

Pugin/Paxton

The corresponding ward to Andrewes/Alleyn, P block is scattered with beds and other medical detritus is left abandoned Beds and chairs have been stacked against the windows to deter intruders

Items scattered on the first floor

Chairs and tables piled against the windows

Ceiling and floor removed part way through demolition

Ruskin/Rosetti

A small ward block, this was similar to Ellis and Guy on the Female Side.  Fully cleared, but with floors in poor condition.

Windows at the side of the block, decay in a bathroom

Cells at the back of the ward, accessed by going down 4 steps

Salter/Shaftesbury

This is a long ward made up of single cells. It was in the process of being cleared and was in a reasonable condition. Various items are left behind, but nothing of any note

Corridor during clearance.

Double Bathroom on the first floor

Turner

Turner was another short block – I visited when demolition had started and it was very damp.

Vincent/Vanbrugh

This ward was attacked by arsonists in 2002 and is heavily fire damaged

Fire damage revealing all 3 floors of V block

Bi-lingual sign at the lift (English and Spanish)

Unwin/York

I did not venture into this ward, although it was notable for having an odd tower in the corner of the building

The Tower in the corner of Unwin/York

Walkway between Unwin/York and Zachary/Unwin

Wren/Wesley

W was a long ward block, with a lift shaft. It was in reasonable condition when I visited, although workmen had started to strip it.

Modernisations on the top floor, Corridor on first floor (With holes in floor)

Washroom in W block

Corridor and bathroom in W Block

Dormitory on end of building

Zachary/Unwin

This ward was in extremely poor condition – I suspect that it closed in the 1960s with the downsizing of the hospital.

Ground floor [Zachary]

First Floor [Unwin]