St Marys Hospital/work house 2024

[Stealthstar79]

I have watched this hospital since its closure in 2009 wondering what will, become of it. Currently a building site, many of the buildings have now been demolished including the mortuary and vagrancy cells. There was a plan to move 1 of the cells brick by brick and rebuild it elsewhere, but the plan was deemed too expensive. There has been petitions to save the cells as they add historical history to the town.
Unfortunately the main building , originally the work house has been fully stripped back ready to be turned into flats and housing on the remaining land.
Some history...
A Union workhouse was built in 1836 at the east side of Thorpe Road in Melton Mowbray. It was designed by Charles Dyer and adopted an elongated H-plan layout, rather than one of radial layouts more popular at the time. An infirmary designed by RW Johnson was erected at the east of the workhouse in 1869-70. At the centre were a surgery. kitchen, and nurse's quarters. Male and female patients had separate entrance to each side. A vagrants' block was located at the south of the workhouse. It contained work cells for stone-breaking at the southern side.
A very muddy explore that saw my boot sucked off my foot and left deep in the muck, and me walking off with a sludgy sock

 

[BikinGlynn]

ah thats a shame its so stripped but nicely covered.