article_snippet.sent: Preservationists are battling to save a decaying asylum which achieved notoriety in the 1900s for the vast number of patients who committed suicide and were raped.
article_snippet.sent: it has long been abandoned and has been left to fall into disarray, now known for it crumbling walls, flaking plaster and gaping holes in ceilings and staircases which has allowed some of the rooms to be filled with leaves and snow.
article_snippet.sent: A decaying asylum which has been left to fall into disarray, with broken and peeling doors and windows, is being demolished as preservationists battle to save it and claim the French Renaissance-style building should be turned into a museum and housing .
article_snippet.sent: Many of the once well populated corridors of the French Renaissance-style building have been abandoned as rubbish is seen on the floor and walls are flaking .
article_snippet.sent: Corridors have been left to crumble while some doors have been lost completely, as empty chairs are scattered throughout the rooms (right)
article_snippet.sent: therapy buildings, dormitories and even a power station began to decay, with plaster and paint peeling from the walls and bookshelves and door frames left warped.
article_snippet.sent: Patients were moved out in 1988 and the asylum closed for good in 2003 when administration staff also left.
article_snippet.sent: the asylum closed for good in 2003 and has long been left abandoned, but campaigners want to reclaim It and use It as a museum .
highlights_snippet.sent: Building officially closed in 2003 and was abandoned, with walls and ceilings left to crumble and flake away .
  