hi AD, sanatorium isn't the same as a sanatarium. Two different words, and worlds, if you think about it.
SanaTORiums were used to kind of keep patients away from the public to stop the spread of tuberculosis. (1920's -50's)
SanaTARiums = mental hospital

gosh, even the doorknobs are gone. poor castle. *sniffle*

The inside of a crematorium oven looks just like this! Vaulted brick ceilings.

Floor, walls and ceilings all made of brick.
No wonder they called it the castle on the hill.
I wish I could have heard the collapse. Anybody agree? It would have been a little exciting, (providing we were well away) don't you think?

holy shnikees Mr. Motts! Are you a bat, hanging by your feet when you took this shot?
Just how DID you do it???
Promise all of us you'll be careful. We need you.

Mold, dust, um...don't forget asbestos.

The irony is delicious :P

you guys crack me up

Holy Cow! Excellent, Motts! Thank you for risking life and limb for us disabled folk who can live vicariously through your walks. You don't know how much it means to me (us).
Does anyone agree with me that this staircase is iron? Maybe one piece? If so, again I say, Holy - Cow!

ooooo, motts! I want heaven to be lit just - like - this!!

oh, motts, just lovely. thank you.
Is the tree pointing the way out?

Look closely at the backrest of the chair. See the old mustached and bearded man with a russian-type hat??? Yes, sir, Mott! Another great spooky photo!!

Is it me, or does it look in like in the hole in the ceiling, there is an owl like creature standing there?

I absolutely love this picture...would make an amazing wallpaper (hint, hint).......and I must ask...out of all these galleries...which is your favorite?

Your photos are absolutely amazing...I've been on this website for hours now..can't stop looking and admiring.

If I had that view everyday, I may of just wondered off to go look. Well that's just me. Abandoned places interest me greatly.

This photo is stunning I wish they weren't going to demolish it thank god there are still hospitals like this one that have been saved I am thankful to you for recording this place in so much detail maybe you could visit other places like this one before they are destroyed so we will never forget that they existed

I agree it should've been renovated but it's past repair now and it would cost a fortune to sort it - believe me if i had the money I would buy the place right now. I thought Prince Charles wanted to save the grade 2 listed buildings they've saved other hospitals like this one admittedly they generally end up as housing but at least they're kept for posterity

I visited this website after spending the past week watching most haunted on living tv's halloween special who visited the hospital to search for the paranormal. The photographs are amazing but sad at the same time I hate seeing beautiful buildings like this go to waste when they could've been transformed into something of use instead of being left to rot like this and the cost to renovate them now would be too much for anyone to consider buying them without demolishing the buildings for the land alone. As a child I went to a school opposite a hospital just like this one that had been closed I often used to wonder at the age of 10 what could be done with it even back then. they have kept the listed buildings and turned the site into housing which is not ideal but better than losing it altogether. I suffer from epilepsy and take medication which controls it but it sends a shiver down my spine to think that 100 years ago instead of going to school opposite I would've been sent to High Royds to endure the pain of shock therapy and not come out. I think it is important to keep the memories of places like this alive as a tribute to the people who lived and died there. I for one will not forget. I suggest you visit their site at www.highroyds.com

That is an amazing photograph. A book is an awesome idea.

I check back to your sight periodically to see what's new (found this because of the Danvers deal - my husband sold the windows to Avalon for the project; we are both kinda creeped out by the whole thing) I loved the defunct amusement park in RI (been there) and really enjoyed the abandoned motel in upstate NY - yuck! But seeing this picture made me gasp. A piece of my past has been destroyed...razed. Why couldn't it have been my crappy high school instead????

Beautiful.
I cried.
(well, I teared up a bit)

I am pretty sure the 'house' in the background used to be a floral shop. Off to the left is a small strip mall that had a tux shop (that's all I remember, as Prom was king. Further left was the McDonald's)

I used to go there in high school & a little after (85-88) It was, fortuitously, located across from a McD's, and suspiciously close to a 'package store'. I am very sad to hear it's gone. I want my kids to experience a drive in movie sometime.

Well, from all the varied opinions here I'd just like to say: Without looking to past however will we learn from our mistakes?

Past events, whether good or bad, shouldn't be discarded just as focusing on how things are now shouldn't be either. And Lynne, I got to say, I highly respect what you do.

As for the photo, it's very intriguing and very well done.