Lancashire County Asylum, Whittingham: Annex for 700 Patients

EXTENSION OF WHITTINGHAM ASYLUM – The assessor (Mr G T Hine, a Government architect) appointed to judge the competitive designs for an annexe to Whittingham Asylum awarded the first premium of £100 to Messrs Sykes and Evans, Chapel Walks, Manchester. Their plans have since been examined by the Commissioners in Lunacy and at the Home Office, and already preliminary site arrangements for the building have been made. The annexe is to accommodate 700 patients of both sexes. [Manchester Guardian 11 June 1910 page 7]

WHITTINGHAM - The tender of Messrs E. Taylor and Company. Ebor Works. Littleborough. for the building of the new annexe and incidental works. County Asylum, Whittingham, Preston, to cost £117,350, was accepted on Wednesday week. The new buildings comprise the infirmaries, accommodating 240 patients, male and female, in four pavilion blocks, two stories high, with dormitory wards, each containing 26 beds; day- rooms with south aspect, and ward scullery, and stores. Connecting corridors are provided from the infirmaries to the chronic blocks; the latter will accommodate 460 patients in four pavilion blocks. Centrally placed between the chronic blocks is the administrative portion, with large kitchen and scullery, and with adjoining storage premises and serveries. The attendants', nurses' and staff quarters are embodied in the administrative block, while the residences of the medical officers are situate south of the same, connected by a short corridor. The whole of the works are to be carried out under the supervision of Messrs. Sykes and Evans, architects, of Manchester and Rochdale. Building News 21 July 1911 page 75-76]

WHITTINGHAM ASYLUM: OPENING OF A GREAT EXTENSION - The new annexe to the Whittingham County Asylum near Preston, was formally opened yesterday by Alderman Miles of Bolton, the chairman of the Committee of Visitors. Whittingham already accommodated 2,100 persons, excluding the staff; the annexe is designed for 790 including those engaged in administration. The site is part of the present asylum estate, and the wards, which contain all the latest improvements in sanitation and general equipment, have been so arranged as to give the best views of the surrounding country and the maximum amount of sunlight. There are also spacious airing courts with lawns and large shelters for sitting out in wet weather. The building of the annexe has necessitated extensive additions to the general service of the Asylum, such as the power house, the bakery and the laundry, and a new sewage installation capable of treating 40,00 gallons a day has also been provided. The Committee of Visitors have lately approved of the rebuilding of the recreation hall, which has, of course, very special uses in the live of the patient. The total cost of the annexe and the incidental works will approach ,150,000 amd ,15,000 has been allowed for furnishing. Messrs Sykes and Evans of Manchester and Rochdale are the architects and Messrs E Taylor and Company Limited of Littleborough, the general contractors. [Manchester Guardian 27 October 1914 page 12]

WHITTINGHAM ASYLUM.‑ The new annexe to the Whittingham County Asylum, near Preston. was formally opened on Monday. Whittingham already accommodated 2,100 persons. excluding the staff; the annexe is designed for 790. including those engaged in administration. The building has necessitated extensive additions to the general service of the asylum, such as the power‑house, the bakery, and the laundry, and a new sewage installation, capable of treating 40,000 gallons a day, has also been provided. The total cost of the annexe and the incidental work will approach ,150.000, and ,15,000 has been allowed for furnishing. Messrs. Sykes and Evans, of Manchester and Rochdale, are the architects, and Messrs. E. Taylor and Co., Ltd., of Littleborough, the general contractors. [Building News No 3121 30 October 1914 Page 555]

An annexe to the Lancashire County Asylum at Whittingham, near Preston, was opened last week. It has cost £150.000 Messrs Sykes and Evans, of Manchester and Rochdale, were the architects, and Messrs. F. Taylor and Company, of Littleborough, the general contractors. [Building News 13 November 1914 Page 636]

Reference    Building News 5 March 1909 Page 354
Reference    Manchester Guardian 11 June 1910 page 7
Reference    Manchester Guardian 27 October 1914 page 12
Reference    Manchester City News 31 October 1914 Page 8 Column 4
Reference    Building News No 3121 30 October 1914 Page 555
Reference     Building News 13 November 1914 Page 636
Reference    Manchester City News Saturday 3 April 1915 (advertising feature)