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Report - Market Harborough District Hospital, Leicestershire – February 2019

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Market Harborough District Hospital


A very small and empty ´local´ hospital, nothing epic or super exciting, but when I searched for it online there´s absolutely nothing and thought I´d throw a few words and pictures together with some history and perhaps someone will take an interest in it. Time and time again I´ve seen new members respond to old threads expressing that they´ve worked there or visited there when it was open and enjoyed seeing pictures of the place, so I guess this report serves that purpose. Thanks to Spidermonkey for the lead and visited with him for a quick look round. Mainly composed of an Xray Ward, pediatrics, outpatients and examination rooms with small hints to its past as a hospital since 1909.

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History

In 1885, the Market Harborough Dispensary is said to have been built here and remained in use until 1909 where it was then replaced by the current hospital. Originally known as the Market Harborough Cottage Hospital and District Nursing Association, Market Harborough District Hospital was built and opened in 1910. It was staffed by a matron, two district nurses, and a probationer and contained 2 wards with 4 beds each, 2 private wards, an operating theatre, three bathrooms and the matrons living quarters.
A public meeting held in Market Harborough on 12th December 1918 proposed that the town should have two war memorials. The first was a column or cross in the town square to commemorate those who died in the Great War, but the second was to be a free library and reading room in the centre of town in recognition of all those who served. The memorial in the square (listed at Grade II) was dedicated on 21st Sept 1921, but the plans for the library never materialised, and instead were transformed into a memorial extension to the Cottage Hospital, opened in 1923. In 2017, the hospital closed due to the opening of the newly built St. Lukes hospital in the same town, the building was sold in the latter half of 2018 and demolition is expected this year with the buildings being replaced by a new 70–bed care home. The war memorial is in the entrance of the building and is listed and proposed to be kept as part of the new plans.

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Photos

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As it stands today sheeted up

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Starting at the back of the hospital in therapy

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Older tiling and radiators

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Moving to the front of the hospital

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Nice original plasterwork on the ceiling, one of the very few original features

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Pair of interesting fireplaces, dated perhaps 1920s/30s

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Older ward

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Xray

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Light and signage – Various types of wallpaper used over the years

As I say, pretty much empty, but it is what it is, win some and you lose some. I hope it at least stands for something to the locals as a record before it is demolished. Cheers for looking



 

Shaun

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From the outside it looks like one of them places which will be fucked inside but it's not, nice one
 
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dweeb

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Very good, and good attention to detail with the photos. That is a hell of a ceiling rose!
 

Brewtal

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Nice! Had this on my to do list before I fucked off back up north but never got round to it. Looks a lot better than I thought it would inside. The ceiling plasterwork is lovely, could do with a bit more mould and cobwebs though!
 

Gill 55

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This is amazing to see. My mum was the radiographer here for 25 years from 1960 so it’s all so familiar. Real blast from the past. Sad to see how it is now though.
 

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