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This one isn't quite the calibre of the recent resurgence of pre-2010 asylum posts but it was a pretty enjoyable and actually quite photogenic place for a wander around if stripped decayed hospitals full of peely paint are your thing. The hospital had its origins in the Holywell Union...

Didnt think I would bother doing LLuesty but nowt else to do  was quite eerie with the rain and the wind though! Workhouse is well under way with development lots of builders on site and now probly not worth a look

Appologies for posting this as its been done so many times; but i have plonked it on so as to gain full membership status; cheers Closed in 2008 and the old workhouse building adjacent are currently being redeveloped

"The Workhouse" There's not much I can say about Lluesty hospital that hasn't been said already, it's a very well known location that I'm sure most of you have heard of, if not explored it yourselves. Despite the countless pictures and videos of the Victorian building I wanted to write my own...

Yes, another Lluesty report! Documenting the decay... History: Former hospital which was sold in london at auction for £275,000 , it is thought that 70 houses will be built on this site . built as a workhouse in the 1840s and expanded over the years it was eventually to come under the...

History Lluesty Hospital was a former Victorian workhouse turned hospital which closed in 2008 after the opening of Holywell Community Hospital nearby. Today Continuing mine and girlfriends trip to Wales - Currently being stripped out and cleared. Lots of tools about and the usual fire...

Once again another report. Will still try and get better with all the photos. After work one night me and the three other idiots jumped into the car once again and this time headed off to Holywell. It was a cold November night and off the the abandoned hospital we went. After about a forty...

Lluesty Hospital, Holywell, North Wales – May 2017 So in true recent Landie style; I have a huge backlog of sites to get up! So far 2017 has been a very slow year on the exploring front, but Mookster and I had a rather successful road trip back in May of North Wales. The first site we did...

Lluesty Hospital: Flint, May 2016 Lluesty Hospital was built in 1839 and held up to 400 inmates, its sadly closed its doors in 2008. The site has its own parish which was built around 1883/4. After the hospital closed in its doors in 2008, it was sold for redevelopment as a residential care...

Lluesty Hospital, Holywell History “Lluesty served the people of Holywell very well over the years, but we’ve got a brand new hospital now” (Mrs Saunders, former ward sister). Lluesty Hospital, located approximately 1km from the town centre, was constructed between 1838 and 1840, by Thomas...

History “Lluesty served the people of Holywell very well over the years, but we’ve got a brand new hospital now†(Mrs Saunders, former ward sister). Lluesty Hospital, located approximately 1km from the town centre, was constructed between 1838 and 1840, by Thomas Hughes of Liverpool. It...

History “Lluesty served the people of Holywell very well over the years, but we’ve got a brand new hospital now” (Mrs Saunders, former ward sister). Lluesty Hospital, located approximately 1km from the town centre, was constructed between 1838 and 1840, by Thomas Hughes of Liverpool. It was...

The History Holywell Union workhouse was erected in 1838-40 at the south of Holywell and was designed by John Welch. The Poor Law Commissioners authorised an expenditure of £6,200 on its construction which was to accommodate 400 inmates. The workhouse design followed the popular cruciform or...

Visited this rather sorry looking hospital with @woopashoopaa @Telf @Vulex was the second place of the day. Not a lot so see pretty much stripped out but was in the area so popped in for a nosey. So on with a few pictures and history... Under an Amendment Act set in 1834 all parishes in Wales...

Visited this rather sorry looking hospital with woopashoopaa, Telf & vulex was the second place of the day. Not a lot so see pretty much stripped out but was in the area so popped in for a nosey. So on with a few pictures and history... Under an Amendment Act set in 1834 all parishes in...