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Ex-Maternity Wing, Grantham Hospital, Lincs, October 2015
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<blockquote data-quote="HughieD" data-source="post: 313891" data-attributes="member: 25516"><p>Don't normally post reports where it's externals only. In the case of this place no one (as far as I'm aware) has been in as it is sealed tighter than a gnat's chuff. Hence I guessed some external pictures were better than nothing at all. The building in question is the oldest part of the hospital and home to the ex-maternity wing of Grantham hospital. It shares a special place in my heart as it is where my mother gave birth to me! Hence it saddens me to see this fantastic Victorian building in such a sorry state. </p><p></p><p>There's quite a bit of history about it as the building dates back to 1874. Here's a picture of it in its heyday circa 1900:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/yAJ5ad" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189759[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/yAJ5ad" target="_blank">Grantham hospital</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>As many know already, the hospital itself achieved notoriety in the early 1990s. Rogue nurse Beverley Allitt killed four young patients and harmed nine and was sentenced to life imprisonment.</p><p></p><p>The wing is in question is the oldest part of the hospital. It has not been used by the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust for several years now and since its closure and boarding up the building has deteriorated "beyond repair" according to a trust spokesman. The costs of a total rewire, new fire alarm system, new hot water boiler, new cold water system and the replacement of floors that have rotted through and the roof which would need taking off completely and replacing have been deemed as 'uneconomic'. Given that the trust is currently facing a deficit of more than £40 million by the end of the year, anything other than a Section 60 demolition and the plot's use new car park seems like pie in the sky. Here's the externals.</p><p></p><p>This bit of the roof is just about OK:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zv1UEU" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189760[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zv1UEU" target="_blank">img2035</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>This was the main entrance:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/ztMAqd" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189761[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/ztMAqd" target="_blank">img2050</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The chimney pots are starting to show the passage of time and neglect:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zezkJF" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189762[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zezkJF" target="_blank">img2036</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The Victorian building is what we call "well secured":</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zez7Rr" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189763[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zez7Rr" target="_blank">img2037</a> by </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>…as nature attempts to reclaim it:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zeu6zY" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189764[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zeu6zY" target="_blank">img2038</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zw3Ri6" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189765[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zw3Ri6" target="_blank">img2047</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flick</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zv11cN" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189766[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zv11cN" target="_blank">img2039</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Other parts of the roof aren't fairing so well:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zeyuN4" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189767[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zeyuN4" target="_blank">img2040</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zex6un" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189768[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zex6un" target="_blank">img2046</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>No way in here;</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/yz3mhE" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189769[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/yz3mhE" target="_blank">img2041</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>…or here;</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/ztKtMs" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189770[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/ztKtMs" target="_blank">img2043</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>That flue is looking a bit wobbly…</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zeta1N" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189771[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zeta1N" target="_blank">img2042</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>It's all about the stonework with this place:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zuYQyG" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189772[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zuYQyG" target="_blank">img2044</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zesv5C" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189773[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zesv5C" target="_blank">img2045</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zewDnH" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]189774[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zewDnH" target="_blank">img2049</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Thanks for looking!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HughieD, post: 313891, member: 25516"] Don't normally post reports where it's externals only. In the case of this place no one (as far as I'm aware) has been in as it is sealed tighter than a gnat's chuff. Hence I guessed some external pictures were better than nothing at all. The building in question is the oldest part of the hospital and home to the ex-maternity wing of Grantham hospital. It shares a special place in my heart as it is where my mother gave birth to me! Hence it saddens me to see this fantastic Victorian building in such a sorry state. There's quite a bit of history about it as the building dates back to 1874. Here's a picture of it in its heyday circa 1900: [url=https://flic.kr/p/yAJ5ad][ATTACH=full]189759[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/yAJ5ad]Grantham hospital[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr As many know already, the hospital itself achieved notoriety in the early 1990s. Rogue nurse Beverley Allitt killed four young patients and harmed nine and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The wing is in question is the oldest part of the hospital. It has not been used by the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust for several years now and since its closure and boarding up the building has deteriorated "beyond repair" according to a trust spokesman. The costs of a total rewire, new fire alarm system, new hot water boiler, new cold water system and the replacement of floors that have rotted through and the roof which would need taking off completely and replacing have been deemed as 'uneconomic'. Given that the trust is currently facing a deficit of more than £40 million by the end of the year, anything other than a Section 60 demolition and the plot's use new car park seems like pie in the sky. Here's the externals. This bit of the roof is just about OK: [url=https://flic.kr/p/zv1UEU][ATTACH=full]189760[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zv1UEU]img2035[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr This was the main entrance: [url=https://flic.kr/p/ztMAqd][ATTACH=full]189761[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/ztMAqd]img2050[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr The chimney pots are starting to show the passage of time and neglect: [url=https://flic.kr/p/zezkJF][ATTACH=full]189762[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zezkJF]img2036[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr The Victorian building is what we call "well secured": [url=https://flic.kr/p/zez7Rr][ATTACH=full]189763[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zez7Rr]img2037[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr …as nature attempts to reclaim it: [url=https://flic.kr/p/zeu6zY][ATTACH=full]189764[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zeu6zY]img2038[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/zw3Ri6][ATTACH=full]189765[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zw3Ri6]img2047[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flick [url=https://flic.kr/p/zv11cN][ATTACH=full]189766[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zv11cN]img2039[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Other parts of the roof aren't fairing so well: [url=https://flic.kr/p/zeyuN4][ATTACH=full]189767[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zeyuN4]img2040[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/zex6un][ATTACH=full]189768[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zex6un]img2046[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr No way in here; [url=https://flic.kr/p/yz3mhE][ATTACH=full]189769[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/yz3mhE]img2041[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr …or here; [url=https://flic.kr/p/ztKtMs][ATTACH=full]189770[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/ztKtMs]img2043[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr That flue is looking a bit wobbly… [url=https://flic.kr/p/zeta1N][ATTACH=full]189771[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zeta1N]img2042[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr It's all about the stonework with this place: [url=https://flic.kr/p/zuYQyG][ATTACH=full]189772[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zuYQyG]img2044[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/zesv5C][ATTACH=full]189773[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zesv5C]img2045[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/zewDnH][ATTACH=full]189774[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zewDnH]img2049[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Thanks for looking! 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