St Joseph's Hospital was erected on Mount Street, Preston in 1877 by Mrs Maria Holland for the benefit of the sick poor. It was opened in 1879 and run by the Sisters of Charity of our Lady Mother of Mercy, who also ran St Joseph's Orphanage in Theatre street. In 1884, it opened up two rooms as accommodation for private patients, and during the First World War it provided care for wounded soldiers (often Belgians). The Hospital was later recognised as a training centre for nurses, and accepted its first trainees in 1958. The Hospital closed in the late 1980s, and operated as the Mount Street Nursing Home until it’s closure in 2003.
Needless to say the buildings are in a very sorry state of repair, part of it is fire damaged with severe water damage in other places and collapsed floors.
The site is currently in the process of being stripped out ready for conversion into housing. Most of the site has plans to be flattened except for the chapel and part of the gable end that houses the tower.
Needless to say the buildings are in a very sorry state of repair, part of it is fire damaged with severe water damage in other places and collapsed floors.
The site is currently in the process of being stripped out ready for conversion into housing. Most of the site has plans to be flattened except for the chapel and part of the gable end that houses the tower.
