Loughborough General Hospital that was built on Baxter Gate in 1862 with funds provided by William Perr Herrick. Before the hospital the sick poor had to rely on the public dispensary, which was also on Baxter Gate but this was an outpatients facility only, which was treating in excess of 1500 patients annually. The new hospital provided accommodation for the surgeon and matron alongside consulting and waiting rooms and men’s wards on the ground floor, with an operating room, women’s wards and five separate bedrooms on the first floor. The hospital was built in an Italianate style in a distinctive cream brick, with stone dressings and quoins.The building was originally two storeys high with 5 bays, but it was extended in the first part of the twentieth century with the addition of a side wing and two upper two floors.
There was no way up into the hospital. We got covered in anti vandal paint, and although there would not have been much to see, it was a shame as a month or so after the whole building was demolished!
Such a contrast between the front and the back of the hospital. A real pity they didn't restore the front as it was such a lovely building.
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There was no way up into the hospital. We got covered in anti vandal paint, and although there would not have been much to see, it was a shame as a month or so after the whole building was demolished!
Such a contrast between the front and the back of the hospital. A real pity they didn't restore the front as it was such a lovely building.
6915621439_3cd9c31f0d by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
100_6908 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
100_6930 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
100_6926 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
6915426475_e876cf041c by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
100_6902 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
100_6899 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
100_6905 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
100_6901 by stealthstar2012, on Flickr
