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Me and missy popped in this hospital on route to the hotel.i was not expecting great things but I loved it.the external of the building is worth seeing alone.built in continental style with wood cladding.its a marvel to look at.the inside is starting to get a bit trashed.but not heavily and many nice features remain.i certainly enjoyed it lots and wished I could have been here longer,I can imagine it was a beauty in its day.the hospital opened in 1900 as an infectious diseases sanatorium.called the nordach dee hospital.used for the treatment of tuberculosis.when anti biotics became more readily available the hospital shut and became a hotel.it was also used by troops during the Second World War.in the sixties an outbreak of typhoid broke out and it was used again as a diseases hospital before finall being used as an old peoples home.the building was falling into severe disrepair with th second floor unused completely and the balconies rotting.in 1998 they built a new building and the other one closed its doors.it has appeared on BBC1 restoration.but still lays there decaying away