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<blockquote data-quote="HughieD" data-source="post: 362420" data-attributes="member: 25516"><p><strong><u>1. The History</u></strong></p><p>Not too much info on these substantial remains of a WWII decontamination hospital (with water tower above) which also includes a stand-by set house and blast trenches. Decontamination hospitals were constructed during the Second World War, for both military and civil use, in anticipation of chemical or gas attacks. The stand-by set house housed the stand-by generator, set in a tall 4.5m room with flat roof. </p><p></p><p>The site is situated behind Harlaxton manors in its grounds. The site was part of RAF Harlaxton, a satellite base to RAF Grantham which from the late 1940s to 1991 also served as a Royal Observer Corps post. The airfield itself opened in November 1916 as a Royal Flying Corps (RFC) training aerodrome with three grassed runways laid out. RAF Harlaxton closed in 1957 and the decontamination block now lies derelict and forgotten, although it appears to have been recently discovered by Grantham’s graffiti massive.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>2. The Explore</u></strong></p><p>This place is a complete walk-on and over the years I’ve been many times, including as a youngster, biking around the Grantham area. Not done a report on the place since 2015 so with a half hour to kill, thought it was time for an update. One recent development is a lot more graff in the stand-by set house. More significantly, the stand-by set house has now been secured with a combination lock door. Weird given there is zip in there. They’ve also put a combination lock door on one part of the main building. They’ve tried to secure the main part but the local yoofs have made easy work of the corrugated sheet metaling. </p><p></p><p>The reason behind all this is possibly down to the fact Planit-X has gained approval for the conversion of both the Decontamination Hospital and Stand-By Set House into two dwellings. Initial site plans were drawn up back in January 2018 and then followed by detailed plans of the proposed conversion in March 2019. However, a year down the line, work is still yet to commence. Full details of all the architect’s plans and proposals HERE <a href="https://planit-x.co.uk/decontamination-hospital-harlaxton/">https://planit-x.co.uk/decontamination-hospital-harlaxton/</a></p><p></p><p><strong><u>3. The Pictures</u></strong></p><p></p><p>The main block:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixntDb">[ATTACH=full]259633[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixntDb">img5737</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixnmzb">[ATTACH=full]259634[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixnmzb">Harlaxton decon 01</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixiBdD">[ATTACH=full]259635[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixiBdD">Harlaxton decon 04</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Parts of which are starting to crumble:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmawW">[ATTACH=full]259636[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmawW">Harlaxton decon 02</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>There’s some pretty run-of-the-mill graff here:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmapw">[ATTACH=full]259637[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmapw">Harlaxton decon 03</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>I guess this would have been the front entrance:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmjGj">[ATTACH=full]259638[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmjGj">img5718</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>A glimpse of Harlaxton Manor, now used by the American University of Evansville:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixiLds">[ATTACH=full]259639[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixiLds">img5723</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>On to the Stand-by Set house:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmhgH">[ATTACH=full]259640[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmhgH">img5738</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixnsTU">[ATTACH=full]259641[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixnsTU">img5740</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmgz2">[ATTACH=full]259642[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmgz2">img5741</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Peeking inside:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixiAe4">[ATTACH=full]259643[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixiAe4">Harlaxton decon 05</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>And round the back:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixnk1u">[ATTACH=full]259644[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixnk1u">Harlaxton decon 06</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixizSx">[ATTACH=full]259645[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixizSx">Harlaxton decon 07</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Finally, one of the blast trenches:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixiKUM">[ATTACH=full]259646[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixiKUM">img5727</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>..and another:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmitc">[ATTACH=full]259647[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ixmitc">img5728</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HughieD, post: 362420, member: 25516"] [B][U]1. The History[/U][/B] Not too much info on these substantial remains of a WWII decontamination hospital (with water tower above) which also includes a stand-by set house and blast trenches. Decontamination hospitals were constructed during the Second World War, for both military and civil use, in anticipation of chemical or gas attacks. The stand-by set house housed the stand-by generator, set in a tall 4.5m room with flat roof. The site is situated behind Harlaxton manors in its grounds. The site was part of RAF Harlaxton, a satellite base to RAF Grantham which from the late 1940s to 1991 also served as a Royal Observer Corps post. The airfield itself opened in November 1916 as a Royal Flying Corps (RFC) training aerodrome with three grassed runways laid out. RAF Harlaxton closed in 1957 and the decontamination block now lies derelict and forgotten, although it appears to have been recently discovered by Grantham’s graffiti massive. [B][U]2. The Explore[/U][/B] This place is a complete walk-on and over the years I’ve been many times, including as a youngster, biking around the Grantham area. Not done a report on the place since 2015 so with a half hour to kill, thought it was time for an update. One recent development is a lot more graff in the stand-by set house. More significantly, the stand-by set house has now been secured with a combination lock door. Weird given there is zip in there. They’ve also put a combination lock door on one part of the main building. They’ve tried to secure the main part but the local yoofs have made easy work of the corrugated sheet metaling. The reason behind all this is possibly down to the fact Planit-X has gained approval for the conversion of both the Decontamination Hospital and Stand-By Set House into two dwellings. Initial site plans were drawn up back in January 2018 and then followed by detailed plans of the proposed conversion in March 2019. However, a year down the line, work is still yet to commence. Full details of all the architect’s plans and proposals HERE [url]https://planit-x.co.uk/decontamination-hospital-harlaxton/[/url] [B][U]3. The Pictures[/U][/B] The main block: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixntDb][ATTACH=full]259633[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixntDb]img5737[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixnmzb][ATTACH=full]259634[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixnmzb]Harlaxton decon 01[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixiBdD][ATTACH=full]259635[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixiBdD]Harlaxton decon 04[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Parts of which are starting to crumble: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmawW][ATTACH=full]259636[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmawW]Harlaxton decon 02[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr There’s some pretty run-of-the-mill graff here: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmapw][ATTACH=full]259637[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmapw]Harlaxton decon 03[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr I guess this would have been the front entrance: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmjGj][ATTACH=full]259638[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmjGj]img5718[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr A glimpse of Harlaxton Manor, now used by the American University of Evansville: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixiLds][ATTACH=full]259639[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixiLds]img5723[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr On to the Stand-by Set house: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmhgH][ATTACH=full]259640[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmhgH]img5738[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixnsTU][ATTACH=full]259641[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixnsTU]img5740[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmgz2][ATTACH=full]259642[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmgz2]img5741[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Peeking inside: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixiAe4][ATTACH=full]259643[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixiAe4]Harlaxton decon 05[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr And round the back: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixnk1u][ATTACH=full]259644[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixnk1u]Harlaxton decon 06[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixizSx][ATTACH=full]259645[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixizSx]Harlaxton decon 07[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Finally, one of the blast trenches: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixiKUM][ATTACH=full]259646[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixiKUM]img5727[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr ..and another: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmitc][ATTACH=full]259647[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ixmitc]img5728[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [/QUOTE]
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