This ones been 'on the list' for ages so it was about time to get off my arse and get it done. Headed there a couple of weeks back to check it out but it was mega busy so i left it for the time being and waited it out. Got back there last week early hours Sunday morning and met up with urblex (cheers for showing me about) and it didn't disappoint, had a good 3 hours in there until we heard someone else on another floor and decided to bail. Sadly couldnt get into the nursing side although we did try! Its definitely had some traffic through there though even the chapel is looking haggard now, cant help but think we're not doing them any favours showing pics of whats inside , i can see why people are starting to keep their finds quiet for a while. The place closed in the 80s according to what i've read, but the change from 2010 reports to now seem more dramatic than the years previous, its a shame to say the least. Anyway i enjoyed the mooch and its still worth seeing, here are the pics 
Bit of History for anyone interested:
St Joseph’s Orphanage was opened in 1872 on the site of an ancient alms house, and St Joseph’s Hospital for the Sick Poor followed five years later.
They were built by wealthy widow Maria Holland, who gave £10,000 at a time when Preston had one of the worst mortality rates in the country, due to poor housing and low-paid mill workers. St Joseph’s Orphanage cared for 971 children before it closed in 1954.
Run by the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady Mother of Mercy, the orphanage was the first welfare provider for Roman Catholic girls in Preston, taking in up to 60 youngsters at a time in two dormitories.
After its closure, the top floor of the orphanage continued to serve as accommodation for the nuns who worked in St Joseph’s Hospital, known locally as Mount Street Hospital.
The hospital held collections to help pay for health care for poor patients.
During the First and Second World Wars, they tended injured soldiers and, over the years, tens of thousands of babies were born at the hospital’s maternity unit.
Legendary performer George Formby died at the hospital following a heart attack on March 6, 1961.
The hospital closed when the last sisters left nursing in 1982.
cheers
Bit of History for anyone interested:
St Joseph’s Orphanage was opened in 1872 on the site of an ancient alms house, and St Joseph’s Hospital for the Sick Poor followed five years later.
They were built by wealthy widow Maria Holland, who gave £10,000 at a time when Preston had one of the worst mortality rates in the country, due to poor housing and low-paid mill workers. St Joseph’s Orphanage cared for 971 children before it closed in 1954.
Run by the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady Mother of Mercy, the orphanage was the first welfare provider for Roman Catholic girls in Preston, taking in up to 60 youngsters at a time in two dormitories.
After its closure, the top floor of the orphanage continued to serve as accommodation for the nuns who worked in St Joseph’s Hospital, known locally as Mount Street Hospital.
The hospital held collections to help pay for health care for poor patients.
During the First and Second World Wars, they tended injured soldiers and, over the years, tens of thousands of babies were born at the hospital’s maternity unit.
Legendary performer George Formby died at the hospital following a heart attack on March 6, 1961.
The hospital closed when the last sisters left nursing in 1982.
cheers
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apart from the stained glass windows & the Theatre lights which are nice, there"s nothing of worth in the place. It"d be in NP if this way the case.
