Hi all, I went out with the brilliant Skeleton Key to Highwood hospital in Brentwood today to learn the ropes and the in's and out's of this game literally!!!
Brief History
This hospitals was designed by Charles and William Henman For the Metropolitan Asylums board,who at the times,scope of care had widened to cater for London's poor and sick children who were suffering from contagious diseases of many types.
It was completed 1904 and consisted of what was called 5 cottage wards arranged around two greens,on its 28 acre site
There where also two schools.So as to cater for children of different ages, to ensure that they didn't miss out on their education .
There were also various administration buildings & staff houses..
Throughout its history it has mainly provided care for children apart from the first and second world wars,when it was used by the War Office as all the children and staff were evacuated to escape the bombing
In its later days different parts were used in various roles .
For more history, see http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?MAB-HighWood/MAB-HighWood.shtml (The 12th photo down on this site shows what is now the Xray block, this is the building that we entered today)
Modern day
The Hospital site had been made a conservation area in 2001.
Due to new facilities being opened in the area it was penciled in for closure
A portion of the site has already been redevelop it at a cost of £2.5m and now serves as the Brentwood resources center, to house mental health services, a Day Centre, a dementia clinic and therapy services for adults and the elderly.
The Hedgerows Nursing Home and Highwood Surgery, housed in three on-site bungalows, will stay.
The remaining 17 acres of the site was closed in 2009 and was sold to Bellway Homes ,
Who plan to build over 200 homes.
113 of the homes are to be built on the north end of the site and at the southern end 35 homes & 69 flats converted from existing Victorian buildings Work is due to start early 2011.
http://www.publicpropertyuk.com/2010/06/02/bellway-buys-brentwood-hospital-sites/
The Xray Block and our target for today!!
The Old main enterance
This was strange as there was no sign of vandalism on the inside, maybe one of the nurses had a SOH
Thanks for looking and a massive thanks to Skeleton Key
Brief History
This hospitals was designed by Charles and William Henman For the Metropolitan Asylums board,who at the times,scope of care had widened to cater for London's poor and sick children who were suffering from contagious diseases of many types.
It was completed 1904 and consisted of what was called 5 cottage wards arranged around two greens,on its 28 acre site
There where also two schools.So as to cater for children of different ages, to ensure that they didn't miss out on their education .
There were also various administration buildings & staff houses..
Throughout its history it has mainly provided care for children apart from the first and second world wars,when it was used by the War Office as all the children and staff were evacuated to escape the bombing
In its later days different parts were used in various roles .
For more history, see http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?MAB-HighWood/MAB-HighWood.shtml (The 12th photo down on this site shows what is now the Xray block, this is the building that we entered today)
Modern day
The Hospital site had been made a conservation area in 2001.
Due to new facilities being opened in the area it was penciled in for closure
A portion of the site has already been redevelop it at a cost of £2.5m and now serves as the Brentwood resources center, to house mental health services, a Day Centre, a dementia clinic and therapy services for adults and the elderly.
The Hedgerows Nursing Home and Highwood Surgery, housed in three on-site bungalows, will stay.
The remaining 17 acres of the site was closed in 2009 and was sold to Bellway Homes ,
Who plan to build over 200 homes.
113 of the homes are to be built on the north end of the site and at the southern end 35 homes & 69 flats converted from existing Victorian buildings Work is due to start early 2011.
http://www.publicpropertyuk.com/2010/06/02/bellway-buys-brentwood-hospital-sites/
The Xray Block and our target for today!!
The Old main enterance
This was strange as there was no sign of vandalism on the inside, maybe one of the nurses had a SOH
Thanks for looking and a massive thanks to Skeleton Key
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