Sutton Hospital - pic heavy

had to get out of the house today as my daughter had the devil in her, decided to talk a walk around sutton hospital. parts are still live. wasnt very interesting to be honest, apart from the swimming pool but i believe this may have been part of the marsden hospital which is next door. the place didnt seem to have much atmosphere. waiting for a bus home on the marsden site though i sensed a very sad atmosphere, given its a cancer hospital i suppose thats no suprise. took some pics though of sutton hospital as you never know how long these places will remain for.

brief history [what i can find] : The South Metropolitan District Schools (Plate 9 below), built in 1852-3 on the site of Balmoral Way and Homeland Drive, provided vocational (‘industrial’) education for up to 1500 poor children from Greenwich, Camberwell, and Woolwich.

In 1882-3 the schools acquired from the Sutton Lodge estate a site on Banstead (now Cotswold) Road for a separate girls’ establishment. This was in six blocks, each housing 100 girls. Some of these remain as parts of Sutton Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research.

Sutton Hospital houses a modern day surgery unit with dedicated theatre facilities and 32 beds. There are also departments of lithotripsy, dermatology laser care, pain management and a large ophthalmology outpatient service. A number of other outpatient services are provided together with radiology, physiotherapy and separate day hospital facilities for the elderly.

Sutton Hospital is the centre for mental health (child, adult and elderly) services that are now managed by the South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.


cant find out much else so on with the pics.














i assume these were some kiddies ward





obligatory hospital chair in an odd place

round the back next to the live chiltern wing





im certain ive swam in this pool when i was a kid, i remember the inside, it was with my swimming club i belonged to but why there i dont know.







the hospital radio wagons

very dark











inside what used to be the restaurant



chops

Nice one! looks good, could you not go inside?

James

not# that i could see, ive read a site report somewhere, unsure if here or on 28dl but it wasnt very interesting inside from what i could make out, esp as half or maybe over half is live.

Looks a cracker of a site, I'd love to see inside

Looks like it's got potential -liking that Tower building. Ta for sharing!

Hmmm...I was riding past that boarded up building (last two pictures) at the weekend. That looks well do-able, and there is hardly anyone around. I'll scope it out imminently Anthill - we'll get inside yet!!!

lol.

i went looking for the animal labs last week but couldnt find them. i think i had my minds eye visual map upside down though. is it easily pickable from googlemaps?

i also tried to find whateverzs left of bansted hospitla [queen elizabeths] but couldnt even find a road