Fancied seeing this old hospital for quite a few years now, mainly for the lovely boiler house. So on the way home in the summer I went this way and popped in, nice easy one for the journey home. I was surprised to see more than I expected, it was nicer than expected. It’s quite trashed in parts but not as much as expected.
East Fortune Hospital was a former tuberculosis sanatorium which is situated on a former naval air station which was used for servicing airships and ballon’s during World War One. After the war with tuberculosis on the rise it was decided that a new sanatorium would be built on the land that housed the naval station. They made use of the existing buildings by adapting them for medical use. It officially opened in 1922 and could house up to 210 men and women. Several forms of treatment of tuberculosis was performed at the hospital. The disease started to decline during the two world wars, but the hospital continued to be busy as it covered so many areas. During the Second World War it was used to treat wounded servicemen like so many hospitals and asylums across the uk. It returned back to its original use after the war and finally in 1956 it ceased to be used as a tuberculosis hospital. It was then used after this for treating handicapped patients until it finally closed in 1997.
Starting off with the famous sign.
A really quite nice decaying building.
Some of the original parquet flooring still remains.
A really nice corrugated building.
The boiler house is the main attraction here. It’s still in quite good condition.
Boiler house chimney.
Heading over to another building which also housed the main kitchen.
Mattress storage.
Continued…
East Fortune Hospital was a former tuberculosis sanatorium which is situated on a former naval air station which was used for servicing airships and ballon’s during World War One. After the war with tuberculosis on the rise it was decided that a new sanatorium would be built on the land that housed the naval station. They made use of the existing buildings by adapting them for medical use. It officially opened in 1922 and could house up to 210 men and women. Several forms of treatment of tuberculosis was performed at the hospital. The disease started to decline during the two world wars, but the hospital continued to be busy as it covered so many areas. During the Second World War it was used to treat wounded servicemen like so many hospitals and asylums across the uk. It returned back to its original use after the war and finally in 1956 it ceased to be used as a tuberculosis hospital. It was then used after this for treating handicapped patients until it finally closed in 1997.
Starting off with the famous sign.
A really quite nice decaying building.
Some of the original parquet flooring still remains.
A really nice corrugated building.
The boiler house is the main attraction here. It’s still in quite good condition.
Boiler house chimney.
Heading over to another building which also housed the main kitchen.
Mattress storage.
Continued…
