Whittingham, Preston - June 2015

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T0n3r

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For my first ever Explore, ended up going to see what was left of Whittingham Hospital in Preston with a friend,there wasn't much left to see at all, the whole site is now basically a demolished site apart from one structure still standing, for a first time doing this sort of thing though was still a great experience,

History - Wikipedia:

In 1866, the three Lancashire lunatic asylums at Prestwich, Rainhill and Lancaster were deemed to be full. Extra accommodation was urgently needed and to this end the building of Whittingham Asylum "for pauper lunatics" began in 1869. The hospital officially opened on 1 April 1873, although 115 patients had already been admitted in the previous year, some of whom helped with the building work. The large complex (to be known as St. Luke's Division from 1958) was completed in June 1875, and had an initial capacity of 1100 inmates and included an Anglican church, a Catholic chapel, a recreation hall and a large farm estate









 
That reminds me of the photo of the last corner of Deva Asylum stood amidst the rubble of the rest of the place.
 
For a first timer it was good to see, just a shame it was basically a rubbe now
 

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