Saint Mary's Asylum

A Personal Photographic Project depicting the derelict and disused St Mary's Lunatic Asylum. The images show the former asylum in warm sunlight which is very much at odds with it's dark history. The works are soon to be published in a monograph with a foreword by the author David Almond.

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

The Main Asylum Block, facing south

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

St Mary's, Northumberland

Many of the trees in the woodland are diseased and are in need of urgent care
The path through the misty woodland that leads to the gate of St Mary's Asylum Many of the trees in the woodland are diseased and are in need of urgent care
Awards
Luerzer's Top 200 Photographers Worldwide
Misty Woodland
Misty Woodland
The woodland was once a beautifully maintained place where patients would be taken on walks
Ferns growing on windowsill, St Mary's Chapel
Ferns growing on windowsill, St Mary's Chapel
Ferns growing on windowsill, St Mary's Chapel
St Mary's Chapel
Weeds Blowing in the Wind, 
Open Plan Wards, the Main Asylum Block
The Theatre
Distant Green Wall
Backstage at The Theatre flooded with water
Misty Woodland
Female Bedroom, The Main Asylum Block
The Main Asylum Block, facing south
Patient's Pagoda, the Eastern Garden
Patient's Pagoda, the Eastern Garden
Overgrown Brush, the East Garden
Patient's Pagoda, the Eastern Garden
Patient's Pagoda, the Eastern Garden