The History
This hospital was founded in 1901 for sick and wounded soldiers returning from the Boer War. It was originally called the Princess Louise Hospital. When the hospital was finally ready for use, the war had ended. The Royal Army Medical Corps still used the hospital up until 1905. Sir William Purdie Treloar raised £10,000 in his mayoral ‘Cripples Fund’ and took over the site in 1907 for treatment of children up to the age of 12 who were suffering from tuberculosis of the bones or joints. There was also a college for teaching technical skills to physically disabled boys from ages 14 to 18 so that they could earn their own living.
In 1929 to 1937, the original wards were demolished as a major reconstruction of the site. The National Health Service took over in 1948 and renamed the hospital to The Lord Mayor Treloar Orthopaedic Hospital. The college moved to its own site in 1953 which in 1978 combined with The Florence Treloar School for Girls to form the Lord Mayor Treloar College. The hospital stayed open until 1994 despite threats of closure from the 1970’s onwards. In 2001, the site was sold and some buildings demolished.
The Explore
Hey! So for this explore, I saw it hadn't had a report on it for over a year so decided to do my own! I drove 2 hours to this place and it was my first explore alone for a long time. Getting into the fencing was exceptionally difficult as I'm not nimble enough to climb. After walking around a field I managed to find a part of the fence I could hop around. Avoiding the builders, I found an entrance to the building. The whole place is boarded up so I guess it was a good idea I bought a torch! Overall it was a pretty cool explore, though the place is trashed you could still see the original carpet, wallpaper, tiles etc. Unfortunately the ground floor left side of the building was a victim to a fire so I stayed out of that area as best as possible. It wasn't until the second floor that I forgot about the fire and put my foot through the ceiling! Very creepy place in all fairness but was fun nonetheless.
Enjoy.
Thanks for looking!
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This hospital was founded in 1901 for sick and wounded soldiers returning from the Boer War. It was originally called the Princess Louise Hospital. When the hospital was finally ready for use, the war had ended. The Royal Army Medical Corps still used the hospital up until 1905. Sir William Purdie Treloar raised £10,000 in his mayoral ‘Cripples Fund’ and took over the site in 1907 for treatment of children up to the age of 12 who were suffering from tuberculosis of the bones or joints. There was also a college for teaching technical skills to physically disabled boys from ages 14 to 18 so that they could earn their own living.
In 1929 to 1937, the original wards were demolished as a major reconstruction of the site. The National Health Service took over in 1948 and renamed the hospital to The Lord Mayor Treloar Orthopaedic Hospital. The college moved to its own site in 1953 which in 1978 combined with The Florence Treloar School for Girls to form the Lord Mayor Treloar College. The hospital stayed open until 1994 despite threats of closure from the 1970’s onwards. In 2001, the site was sold and some buildings demolished.
The Explore
Hey! So for this explore, I saw it hadn't had a report on it for over a year so decided to do my own! I drove 2 hours to this place and it was my first explore alone for a long time. Getting into the fencing was exceptionally difficult as I'm not nimble enough to climb. After walking around a field I managed to find a part of the fence I could hop around. Avoiding the builders, I found an entrance to the building. The whole place is boarded up so I guess it was a good idea I bought a torch! Overall it was a pretty cool explore, though the place is trashed you could still see the original carpet, wallpaper, tiles etc. Unfortunately the ground floor left side of the building was a victim to a fire so I stayed out of that area as best as possible. It wasn't until the second floor that I forgot about the fire and put my foot through the ceiling! Very creepy place in all fairness but was fun nonetheless.
Enjoy.
Thanks for looking!
Image quality reduced to 72 DPI to protect my images and let them load quicker!
