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Where does one century end and the next begin? This digitally edited composite unites two images of...

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Uploaded on Jan 25, 2012

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With evidence of our visit already fading as the falling dust of High Royds Asylum settled over our...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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This marvellously decorated space is graced with an amazingly detailed tudor-style plaster ceiling...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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Looking out to a frosty sunrise on the former approach driveway and front lawn to the asylum, which...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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Years of emulsion paintwork are gradually peeling off the walls in patterns of the brickwork it once...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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...what could be a more enticing sight than this? Contrasting messages of warning signs and open doors invite photographers to explore further!

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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This beam of light was cast across the floor of the asylum's main entrance. It illuminated a dusty...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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Floral motifs and other carvings were painstakingly inscribed into the woodwork of the former asylum...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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I just couldn't resist posting one more shot taken from this angle on the main entrance corridor. The...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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This Italian mosaic floor features as its centrepiece a rendering of the Yorkshire Rose, continued...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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I'm not quite sure what attracted me to this composition of an abandoned toilet door. Perhaps it's...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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Ceramic, timber and stone were united as a medium through which the Victorian architects could cast...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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A few signs dating to the more recent years of High Royds Hospital adorn parts of the administration...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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One of the most haunting aspects of exploring large abandoned institutions is the knowledge that...

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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012

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The door on the left with the glowing amber-hued glass is the main entrance to High Royds ballroom....

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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012

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...a fellow urban explorer poses off-stage next to the vertical lines of winch ropes and ladders of...

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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012

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This huge hand-painted canvas still hangs from the brickwork at the back of the derelict ballroom...

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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012

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"This is the big surprise of High Royds Asylum. A full-scale ballroom with a stage for theatres,...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012

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