What The Patients Would Have Seen Through Their Windows in the Abandoned Asylums

Here is a collection of windows and scenes from refugee camps and psychiatric hospitals established in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Italy between 1713 and 1937.

We do not know how patients have felt after seeing these scenes for years. We give you the right to decide.

These images are copyrighted by Ed Brando.

#1 Looking Into The Central Courtyard

#2 The Victorians Were Always More Partial To Ivy

#3 A Monastic Design Is Used In This Italian Asylum

#4 Nature Ignoring The Boundaries Set

#5 Bay Window In A Day-Room

#6 Ventilation Window Installed In 1831

#7 Tatters, Or Ribbons

#8 Glazed Corridors Navigate The Ground Between Wards, Allowing Easy Movement, But Also Constant Containment

#9 December Day

#10 Through The Round Window

#11 A Restive Space

#12 The Water Tower, Visible From Almost Every Window

#13 One Of The Oldest Institutions In Britain, Dating Back To 1713

#14 Cutting Edge

#15 An Internal Courtyard, But A Day Like This Would Mean This View Was All You Were Going To Get

#16 Tightly Packed Ward Blocks

#17 The Worst Cells I Have Seen, These Are Located In The Basement

#18 From One Corridor To Another

#19The Sky Could Be Anywhere

#20  The Clock Tower, Keeping The Whole Institution Beating To The Same Daily Rhythm

#21  Strong Windows With Small Panes

#22  Back To Back

#23  An Internal View Offers Little Vision Beyond Brick And Glass

#24  Looking Towards A Courtyard Shelter – Still Ankle-Deep In Cigarette Butts To This Day

#25  Homely Feel

#26  From On High