Melton War Memorial Hospital April 2010

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In 1852 Col Wyndham was made Governor of the Tower of London and vacated Melton to his regret. In 1869 the house was rented by William Chaplin, who subsequently purchased it in 1870. Chaplin preferred the location to the building, and had the entire house rebuilt in Wartnaby stone by R. Winter Johnson of Melton, in 1874. Chaplin lived in the house for some 30 years.

The house and 15 acres of parkland were purchased by Col Richard Dalgleish in 1920, as a gift to the town, to become Melton & District Cottage Hospital. At the time, the local authority was looking for a suitable memorial to honour those who had fallen during the Great War, so in 1921 Wyndham Lodge finally became Melton & District War Memorial Hospital.

This was my second visit about 6 months after my first visit. Soon after, security were called in, and metal sheeting was applied to all windows and doors. Not much hope of entry now, and soon houses will be built in the grounds, and the former hospital redeveloped into apartments.


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It was still there last year but extremely well locked down. The buildings look really beautiful so again it will be nice to see them restored and put into use.

By the way... who the devil is Karl Pilkington???
 
It was still there last year but extremely well locked down. The buildings look really beautiful so again it will be nice to see them restored and put into use.

By the way... who the devil is Karl Pilkington???



Karl Pilkington is Ricky Gervais's right hand man. He started on XFM with Ricky and Steve Merchant,they did lots of pod casts.You should listen to them, absolutely hilarious! He is the funniest, most stupid idiot you could ever meet. He also did an Idiot abroad and acted alongside Ricky in Derek? He has a head like a F*cking orange:mrgreen:

I did my college placement at this hospital in 2002 whilst doing access to nursing. I had my lunch in the room with the chair and table with ash trays on. It was pretty old school inside. Lovely building I agree!
 

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