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No, I'm not an architect plugging my latest designs...
It's something that has always spooked me. A good mate of mine's girlfriend has just moved into a house (well, she moved in 7 months ago). Now this is no ordinary house. The location is in the grounds of an old asylum (which closed in 1987 I do believe. Over half of it was knocked down shortly after) The houses are the some of the old buildings converted into living quarters.
We arent sure what part she currently lives in, but I believe, going on size and design, that it was the admin block. Some of the other pads are quite a bit larger, the corner plots the size of a ward maybe...
Anyways, the point being is that myself and the wife stayed over the other week. And although the pad is very smart and cosey (it is mid terrace) you cant help picturing the past still being permanetly attatched to the rooms. Like the upstairs bathroom is a small cupboard, the 2nd bedroom resembles he size of a padded cell. Imagination maybe, but believe me, mirrors are a no no, and you dont half look over your shoulder everynow and then...
The owner has had strange feeling about being watched, especially when gardening. She has felt that someone has been watching her, from the patio. The spooky thing is, on the back wall of the house which is adjacent to the patio, there are markings scraped into the morter. Someone has attempted to sand blast them off, but you can still make out most of the names and years. The earliest we can see dates back to 1931. Certain out building for the patients still remain aswell, such as sun houses and benches. You assume patients were once left to wander the gardens on their own accord. Or was her house part of the admin block?......
Has anyone else ever purchased or stayed at a house which has been converted from a hospital or something equally as spooky? How did you feel? I know I have an overactive imagination, but it was working overtime that night I slept there....
It's something that has always spooked me. A good mate of mine's girlfriend has just moved into a house (well, she moved in 7 months ago). Now this is no ordinary house. The location is in the grounds of an old asylum (which closed in 1987 I do believe. Over half of it was knocked down shortly after) The houses are the some of the old buildings converted into living quarters.
We arent sure what part she currently lives in, but I believe, going on size and design, that it was the admin block. Some of the other pads are quite a bit larger, the corner plots the size of a ward maybe...
Anyways, the point being is that myself and the wife stayed over the other week. And although the pad is very smart and cosey (it is mid terrace) you cant help picturing the past still being permanetly attatched to the rooms. Like the upstairs bathroom is a small cupboard, the 2nd bedroom resembles he size of a padded cell. Imagination maybe, but believe me, mirrors are a no no, and you dont half look over your shoulder everynow and then...
The owner has had strange feeling about being watched, especially when gardening. She has felt that someone has been watching her, from the patio. The spooky thing is, on the back wall of the house which is adjacent to the patio, there are markings scraped into the morter. Someone has attempted to sand blast them off, but you can still make out most of the names and years. The earliest we can see dates back to 1931. Certain out building for the patients still remain aswell, such as sun houses and benches. You assume patients were once left to wander the gardens on their own accord. Or was her house part of the admin block?......
Has anyone else ever purchased or stayed at a house which has been converted from a hospital or something equally as spooky? How did you feel? I know I have an overactive imagination, but it was working overtime that night I slept there....