THE CULT OF CANE HILL
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Cane Hill Hospital: 1882 - 2009



  1. INTRODUCTION
    1. Welcome To Cane Hill

  2. ESSAYS
    1. The Hospital On The Hill
    2. The Doubly Qualified Architect
    3. A Solution To Scaleability In A Radiating Planform
    4. Condemnaton, Exoneration And The Second Cane Hill

  3. URBAN EXPLORATION
    1. The Modus Operandi Of The Guerrilla Historian
    2. The Game Of Cat And Mouse
    3. "Whatever You Do, Don't Get Caught"
    4. The Cult Of Cane Hill

  4. HISTORIAL DOCUMENTATION
    1. The New County Asylum by Dr. J. M. Moody (Medical Superintendent of Cane Hill)
    2. Naming Of Wards by Dr. Alexander Walk (Physician Superintendent of Cane Hill)
    3. Additional Items To Physician Superintendent's Report by Dr. Alexander Walk (Physician Superintendent of Cane Hill)

  5. OTHER DOCUMENTATION
    1. Personality Questionaire
    2. Patient's Handbook: Cane Hill Hospital

  6. RECOLLECTIONS
    1. Chris (1977-78)

  7. SITE MAPS AND PLANS
    1. Original 1882 Plan
    2. Extended 1888 Plan
    3. 1979 Plans

  8. THE EXPLORATIONS
    1. Walking The Perimeter
    2. Grand Tour
    3. Orientation
    4. Spooks And Structural Failure
    5. Portrait
    6. Syringes Of Sunday
    7. Observing The Disintrigation Of The Titanic
    8. A Pictorial Record Of The Interior Organisation Of The Water Tower
    9. The Strange Case Of The Mysterious Basement
    10. Goodbye Cane Hill

  9. IN DETAIL
    1. Services
      1. Administration (Front Offices And Residences)
      2. The Chapel
        1. The Chapel Building
        2. The Chapel Environs
      3. Recreation Hall
      4. The Kitchens
        1. South Scullery
        2. Kitchen
        3. Kitchen Yard And Stores
      5. Steward's Stores
      6. Laundry And Wash House
      7. The Back Entrance Yard
      8. The Water Tower
        1. The Water Tower
        2. Views From The Water Tower
      9. The Coal Store
      10. The Engineering Yard
      11. The Mortuary
    2. Female Side
      1. Ward 'A'
      2. Matron's Rooms
      3. Ward 'B'
      4. Ward 'C'
      5. Ward 'D'
      6. Ward 'E'
      7. Ward 'F'
      8. Ward 'G'
      9. Ward 'H'
      10. Ward 'J'
      11. Ward 'L'
      12. Ward 'K'
      13. Ward 'M'
      14. The Baths
      15. The Servants' Rooms
      16. The Nurses' Block
    3. Male Side
      1. Ward 'A'
      2. Head Attendant's Rooms
      3. Ward 'B'
      4. Ward 'C'
      5. Ward 'D'
      6. Ward 'E'
      7. Ward 'F'
      8. Ward 'G'
      9. Ward 'H'
      10. Ward 'J'
      11. The Baths
      12. Shoemakers, Tailors And Upholsters
      13. The Engineer's Office and Sub Officers Quarters
    4. All Exteriors

  10. LEGACY
    1. The Cane Hill Memorial

  11. RESURRECTION
    1. Cane Hill Gets Serious
    2. The Methodology Of Digital Reconstruction

  12. ARCHIVED CANE HILL WEBSITES
    1. urbex by Andrew Tierney. This seminal urban exploration website featured his explorations of Cane Hill building on content original published in "the_one". This site ran from 1998 through to 2002 and was the inspiration for this website.
    2. canehill.com. Another early site which appeared in 2002 featured a perimeter walk of the hospital.

  13. EPILOGUE
    1. An Ode To Cane Hill by A Patient On Blake Ward
    2. Thank You by Peter

  14. FURTHER READING
    1. Cane Hill Hospital by Ali