Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore..April 2021

[Mikeymutt]

I know this had been done quite a few times since we went, but this was a nice place with some really good decay in it. Luckily not much graffiti in it, that just seemed to be down one end in a few rooms. I did venture the whole of the upstairs but it was repetitive. But this place had that old hospital feel to it with mould and decay. It is also fairly dark throughout with a few light spots.
We checked out quite a few of the other buildings on site whilst there, but not much joy in getting in.
This is a ward called the Zachary Merton ward and was a convalescent building built in 1936. It was rebranded from the convalescent ward to the Zachary Merton ward in 1961. It's part of the The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital which first opened in 1922. It had a hundred patents in opening and was mainly used for the treatment of TB. The hospital.in later years was under a major NHS reorganization like many hospitals. A lot of the blocks were deemed to be not required anymore.

The building had a bad fire and mostly demolished now.

 

[BikinGlynn]

Apart from teh upper floor getting even sketchier I dont think this one has changed at all

 

[Mikeymutt]

Apart from teh upper floor getting even sketchier I dont think this one has changed at all

It has, it got burnt then demolished ha ha.

 

[Hayman]

If you want to see what current day hospital buildings look like, enter Royal Bournemouth Hospital online and view the bland multi-storey block still under completion - unimaginatively called BEACH. And compare it to those often seen here from days gone by. When the Eifel Tower was built, some Parisians said the only good view left of of Paris was from the tower - because one could not see it. The inside of BEACH can never be as bad as the outside.