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Cane Hill Project



cane hill 2006

As English Partnerships take over the Cane Hill site, they've made their presence known. All the foliage has been decimated, revealing walls, railings and even the buildings themselves.

If you thought you knew Cane Hill, then look on. These pictures will shock you.

All pictures © Pete 2006



King/Keats looking towards Johnson/Jenner





Johnson/Jenner looking towards the back of Hill/Harvard





The back of King/Keats and the nurses' block.





The back of King/Keats and the nurses' block.





The back of King/Keats and the nurses' block.





The back of Wren/Wesley



The back of Wren/Wesley



The remains of Vanbrugh/Vincent (I hate arsonists)



Turner



Gates to Admin, uncharacteristically open.





Eastern flank of Admin.





Looking at Olave/Queens through the fence.





Admin: The first time cars have parked there for years.





Hill/Harvard looking towards Guy.





Guy with Faraday



The remains of Cruden/Chaucer



Cruden/Chaucer with Andrewes/Alleyn to the right



Day rooms of Hill/Harvard



Water tower over Cruden/Chaucer



Faraday, Ellis and Donne/Dickins



Tile clad King/Keats



Underground room near the nurses' home



Further detail of the underground room.



Broken windows of the Nurses' home.



Detail of door in the main part of the hospital.



Broken windows of King/Keats.



The drive to the service road.



Zachary/York



The buried swimming pool



Changing rooms for the swimming pool



The nurses' home. Previously the undergrowth was so thick, this was usually missed completely by most explorers.



The nurses' home as you first walk onto the Portnalls footpath.



South facing window of the nurses' home.



Nurses home looking north west.



Converted shelter in the airing court of Hill/Harvard, Guy and Faraday.



Bay windows of Faraday.



Detail of the former airing court shelter.



Open window in Faraday.



Looking across Donne/Dickens to back of Browning/Blake.



Ground clearing has revealed more features previously obscured.



Cruden/Chaucer and Andrewes/Alleyn



Undergrowth clearing around the south western parts of the hospital.



Cruden/Chaucer and Andrewes/Alleyn



The end of Browning/Blake.



Clearing around the south western parts of the hospital with Admin in the background.



Further clearing in this area.



The front of Browning/Blake.



Bay windows of Browning/Blake.



Detail of Browning/Blake.



Final shot of Browning/Blake.



Changing rooms of the swimming pool as seen from the road.



Remains of Vanbrugh/Vincent.



The bowling green with hut.



Shaftesbury/Salter with Turner.



The greenhouses.



Further shot of the greenhouses.



The garden house.



Looking along the path by the greenhouses.



The front of the modern nurses' home.



Detail of the front of the nurses' home.



Stanton 7 concrete column and bracket with REVO SOX lantern.



Previously undiscovered building to the east of the modern nurses' home.



Modern nurses' home.



End of the nurses' home as seen from the staff hostel at the back.



Vanbrugh/Vincent at sunset.



Nurses' block at the back of the hospital.





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