Mundsley hospital was originally built as a TB hospital, the first of its kind in the country as an open air one. Situated near the coast and in a little valley with woods surrounding it, the hospital was placed perfectly for the recovery of paitents. It was built near a train staion and two roads led into it, so it was well isolated so the patients could feel at ease. It was constructed in 1889 and the timber clad main building was constructed by our local firm Boulton and paul. It was modelled on similar ones in Switzerland and germany. The hospital closed in 1957 with big advancements in TB. It was bought by the national health service who let it run down, and in the nineties restoration of the building began. It reopened as a drug and alcohol rehab centre and renamed the Diana princess of wales treatment centre. Administrators were called in around about 2008 and it closed its doors the next year. A few years ago a local builder who had suffered from mental health decided to set up a private hospital and spent a lot of his time getting it ready. The setting was perfect for people recovering from mental illness but in 2017 the watchdog shut the place down with reports of mistreatment of patients, and various other complaints. I on a personal level found this to be disgraceful that they shut it. I visited a close family member here for quite a while and at the local NHS hospitals,the treatment and care I experienced at Mundsley was second to none. The patients loved it there and no one complained when the inspectors come around, said it was a really nice place to be. But at the NHS ones it was in my eyes disgusting, my personal opinion it was shut to cover the failings of the government run establishments..Any way when visiting I noticed quite a few run down buildings, so I decided to go give them a look. The main building is a no go, well locked up with a live bit next to it, but I was not to bothered about that its far too sparkly and clean for me and it had only been done up a few years ago. Plus I has seen inside a year before and did not really fancy going in again, but I did get into all the derelict bits which were rather nice.
The first part is the nurses quarters, this is situated a little way from the main hospital block. Its almost like a house. It was blocked of in the middle, so had to access it from two ways.the first half is in reasonably good condition, the far half is a stark contrast with collapsed roofs and unstable floors.
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The first part is the nurses quarters, this is situated a little way from the main hospital block. Its almost like a house. It was blocked of in the middle, so had to access it from two ways.the first half is in reasonably good condition, the far half is a stark contrast with collapsed roofs and unstable floors.
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