Stanley Royd Asylum Chapel - Church of St Faiths

This is the last remaining unconverted building that was part of Stanley Royd Asylum. The asylum was built in 1816 and was first occupied in 1818 and the church was added in 1861. The church was then licensed for baptism and marriage in 1867. The church has now been sold and is supposed to be awaiting redevelopment for office use but still presently only accomodates the very many pigeons that have made it home.

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Being for warned about the catacombs of doom, the stench of ammonia was foul. Torchlight caught a pigeon chick, blind and helpless, waiting in its crude nest for nourishment to be brought from the world above. The grey world above now a memory of brightness.

It was time for face mask and gloves, could it get worse well yes and we got into the church, five of us stood there in utter stunned silence as the rats with wings flew about, we set about taking images, 2 of us took the leg breaker route out as the other 3 went the way they had come, only to drop a mobile phone it was back into catacombs of doom for 2 of them as we stood outside and waited, i can still smell the stench and no doubt will rember this hell for a long while and if asked was it worth it of course it was..

More on the past and present of this place see the very good www.highroydsarchive.co.uk/id32.html and the wicked www.highroydshospital.co.uk/

Thanks to www.flickr.com/photos/freebird_ubx/ for the info and to The Man http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/..

Here are the images..