St. George's Hospital, Hornchurch, Essex - October 2018

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North Cornwall
History
The hospital originally opened in 1938 as a home for the elderly, known as Sutton's Institution. During the Second World War it was used as accommodation for airmen based at RAF Hornchurch. In 1948 it joined the NHS as St. George's Hospital.
The NHS announced the hospital would be refurbished in 2012, but a month later Legionella was found in the buildings water system, resulting in immediate closure, with the transfer of the remaining 44 patients.
Finally, in March 2018 the site was sold to a property developer for £40 million, with demolition beginning later that year.

The Explore
Visited just a bit too late to see the main corridor which stretched the full length of the site. However, there was some good natural decay and the buildings have somehow managed to survive virtually free of graffiti and vandalism. There was onsite security, but I managed to get around the site without any issues.


The main hall
One of my favorite parts of the hospital, some nice natural decay here

44856716204_5a399075ff_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 1 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

44667568125_89a18c2a7e_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 2 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

44667567985_4e7188982f_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 3 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

Empty projector room

44667567945_52cf0de20c_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 4 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

The Kitchens

44667567875_fb291c5003_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 5 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

44667568055_14f5c64f43_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 6 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

44856715764_a063329359_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 7 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

The walls and floor of this room, near the kitchen, were covered in cork

44856715924_e1ed368fec_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 8 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

44667567765_b5c53d9e93_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 9 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

Upper flight of stairs leading nowhere

The water tower

31709184348_6a962f08c1_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 10 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

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45532127082_4c1fff1153_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 12 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

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Beautiful spiral staircase leading to the top of the water tower

30641432117_6c4e178a92_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 14 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

45532126932_aa2a7df75e_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 15 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

31710347358_5ab5e52856_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 16 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

Base of the chimney

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Boiler house

The corridors
I was gutted to have missed these by only a few weeks

45532126702_87172602be_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 18 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

31710347238_6c4e178a92_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 19 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr


The wards
Completely stripped of everything, door frames, parquet flooring, toilets, etc.

30641431947_5e6d629d37_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 20 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

30642335067_240d0ed18e_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 21 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

The tiling in the corridors was nice though

30642334757_262220f34e_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 22 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

30642334947_d1e154c030_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 23 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

Nice peeling paint

44858543304_075cc721e5_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 24 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

44858543354_585b76769f_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 25 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

The roof space above the wards was a bit more interesting though

30642334677_438ff54c4d_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 26 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr
Bathroom

Admin Block

30642334877_585b76769f_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 27 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

The morgue
Although missing the slab it was still quite nice

30642334737_a4ee9e40d5_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 28 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

30642334807_effcb5905a_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 29 by Terminal Decline, on Flickr

30642334607_6cd0f1d8e6_o.jpgSt Georges Hospital 30 by Terminal Decline, on Flick
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Thanks for looking
 
Nice one. I've never been much of a fan of the hospitals but I did like some bits there. The flaking peeling paint was mad! Roof spaces I reckon will have things hidden in them..

Lots of hospital closures. Mustn't be any poorly people these days..
 
Good report, that shot looking out to where the link tunnel used to be makes me really sad as some of those murals were just great. I guess this is at least one of the reasons we do what we do - to make a record of these things to be viewed when they're lost. Thanks for sharing.
 
Shit this place is disappearing fast:hopelessness: still you got some cool shots from it, musta been sumfink wrong wiv that chimney if you didn't take a peek haha, nice one TD.
 

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