Greenbank Police Headquaters June 2010

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Lamb Phall

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Greenbank Police Station formerly Longfield House, this place seems to get confused with Greenbank Ambulance station which was demolished in 2004.

On the 28th February 1935 Mr LA Dixon under secretary to the home department openend the new Police Headquaters and Magistrates Court at Greenbank, which was formerely Borough Prison.

The former prison chapel on the first floor was converted into the magistrates court and in the west wing of the building was the weights and measures office.

Now the building is pretty trashed and home to the homeless and herion addicts of Plymouth, used needles litter the place.

In recent times the buildng has been subject for conversion into flats and also a supermarket was interested in the land.

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Someones Home with their stash in the corner

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Absolutely criminal - no pun intended (well alright just a small one) But it really is such a shame to see buildings like this trashed !! Love the shots of the cells area !!
PS you obviously have larger KAHOONERS than me cos i dont think i'd be venturing in there !!!:exclaim::exclaim:
 
There was two of us, I would'nt go in alone.

Did'nt meet anyone but as you can see some sort of life form exists, got to admit that it was one of those moments when you thought you would come across a body or someones going to jump out of the darkness.
 
You've got some really great colour effects.
 
that is the old hospital if you look at the plans it match's up with that

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Your wrong my report is on the old Police headquaters on Greenbank Road the Hospital that was behind this building was Freedom Fields Hospital. On Longfield Terrace (know Kensington Road)
Feedom Fields Hospital

National Archives

Those plans are of Greenbank Hospital.

Greenbank hospital was between Hospital Road and Clifton Place
Greenbank Hospital

Hope that helps :)
 
Definitely agree that it's not the old hospital. Seen so many reports on here & elsewhere & finally someone else has actually put this right with a little research. The building adjoining this was the hospital laundry, & is littered with hundreds of needles along with the masses of pigeon floor warfare on the first floor.

No doubt this site is imminent for demolition, the norm for historic buildings in Plymouth it seems. Last time i visited there was huge chunks of roof caving in, along with some stupidly spongy floors but no junkies in sight. Photographed the cell area last year & back in March this year, & there was no home comforts for the addicts, looks like this has change recently.

Any pics of the courtroom LP?
 
Definitely agree that it's not the old hospital. Seen so many reports on here & elsewhere & finally someone else has actually put this right with a little research. The building adjoining this was the hospital laundry, & is littered with hundreds of needles along with the masses of pigeon floor warfare on the first floor.
No doubt this site is imminent for demolition, the norm for historic buildings in Plymouth it seems. Last time i visited there was huge chunks of roof caving in, along with some stupidly spongy floors but no junkies in sight. Photographed the cell area last year & back in March this year, & there was no home comforts for the addicts, looks like this has change recently.

Any pics of the courtroom LP?

We also visited this building it does look like a laundrey and first thoughts was that it belong to the hospital.

But looking at the pictures (report to go up later) the construction of the building is not in keeping with the rest of the buildings ie metal girder construction.

I seem to think if my memory is functioning correctly that this building was used last by a linen laundering company I think it was cls.

It looks like this building was built after freedom Fields was demolished, cant find anything on the web, any ideas :)

Courtroom you mean the room with the wood panneling. ?
 
Courtroom is first floor of the tower building but the floors are lethal.
 
The courtroom is a pain to get to. Dodgy floors getting into the tower building, and they are floors above the basement so its a long drop!

When we went, access to the actual room was sealed. I got a few shots pokeing the camara though the hole in the floor while standing/falling on some very rotten furniture!! But there very blurry. (no focus)

The place is a wreak tho, but worth a look. Just be very carefull of the needles, Wear some sturdy boots. There are thousands there!
 
A DERELICT former prison, which has become home to junkies, graffiti artists and bored children,

I guess im the bored child out of the lot? :lol:

In 1991, then Plymouth Sutton MP Alan Clark backed the city council's efforts to get the building listed by English Heritage. Sadly it was deemed as having 'insufficient architectural or historic interest'.

So this building, 150+ years old, Stone built, lots of history - prison, courts, etc, Really nice looking with the tower and large sash windows, has characture. Can't be listed. Yet this heap of sh*t can????

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Yup, This monstrosity is a Grade 2 listed building
 
The 'crack-house' closure order was thought to have been the first such closure order proposed against a commercial firm in Plymouth and would have seen anyone trespassing on the property liable to arrest and a criminal prosecution for breaching the order rather than the current civil prosecution for trespass.

LOL
 
nice pics! bit ironic that junkies were getting wasted in an old police headquarters eh!
 

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