Thornton Fever Hospital, March '09

I went off for a lone roadtrip mainly out of boredom. The bigger explores didn't really work out, but this place made a reasonable back-up
The history has been covered elsewhere and better, but this place has had quite a few uses since being a hospital, including a haulage company yard (lorry tyres and parts scattered all over) and a hotel.



Heading inside the first ward block, it looks pretty stripped apart from the tractor tyre





The buildings are pretty dilapidated



Sturdy wooden doors frame the non-safety glass - obviously this place has been closed long enough to escape any NHS upgrading (maybe even pre-NHS?)



Ward block on the right, hotel on the left





Some stellar peeling paint here





One of the old ward blocks is fulled with old tat like this, a long-forgotten 'Crossbull' arcade machine







This lorry speedometer runs up to 80MPH, must be from the pre-restriction days

I did look in the hotel section, but my can't-be-bothered-ness had set in by then and all the photos came out blurry

Old arcade machine is a fascinating find.

Nice pics in the 3rd picture, is it me (or the angle) but is the doorway starting to fall in on itself? The left side looks crooked

the crossbow game is awsome!

Trinpaul said:

Nice pics in the 3rd picture, is it me (or the angle) but is the doorway starting to fall in on itself? The left side looks crooked

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Like I said, the place is pretty dilapidated. Might just be my jaunty angle though. I know the brickwork above this doorway was crumbling

Good to see this place is still standing … Foz wondered whether demo was imminent. Liking the Lucas Keinzle tachograph in the last photo – my old man's lorries were fitted with these about 20 years ago. If you open it up, there might still be a disc inside. Most tacho's are digital now, AFAIK.

Nice photos, reminds me of Hellingly that place does for some reason (brhh) Still loving the GX?

I know what you mean about the Hellingly comparison, but this place is 10 million times smaller!
The GX is doing great, I still haven't quite got the hang of it but I'm getting there. How are you getting on with yours?

Trinpaul said:

Nice pics in the 3rd picture, is it me (or the angle) but is the doorway starting to fall in on itself? The left side looks crooked

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Probably, the stonework around that door is pretty precarious

It's a mish mash of various things, but a nice and easy little wander. As for the stonework, this bit's my fave

lost said:

Like I said, the place is pretty dilapidated. Might just be my jaunty angle though. I know the brickwork above this doorway was crumbling

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its called 'artistic license'
at least thats what i call it hehe

lovely report