I’ve already covered off the history of this place in a previous post here: URBEX: ST JOSEPHS ORPHANAGE, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE – MAY 2013 PART 1, but briefly, St Joseph’s Orphanage located quite literally in the middle of Preston City Center, was originally an Orphanage, established ion 1872…
The now abandoned Queen Elizabeth II Hospital was the first major hospital built by the NHS and accommodated 100 patients. in 2015 A new hospital opened on the same site after a £30 million investment in modern services. The old site was closed and earmarked for demolition to make way for a new housing development…
Another visit to the not so white morgue… I heard it was open again and had nothing more productive to do on my birthday so I popped up to have a couple of beers and grab a few more shots of this lovely porcelain slab!
The abandoned Court House located in West Ham, London, was built in 1884 and was designed by Lewis Angell. Built of Yellow brick and Portland stone the building is 3 storeys in parts with smaller extension buildings at the rear which housed the cells and the morgue was in a detached outbuilding…
What’s better than a nice disused morgue… well two of them 🙂
Hospital SC, another abandoned hospital In Italy, this time, a little more modern than the Manicomio’s but still quite dated based upon the equipment left behind. I really enjoyed this place, despite being a bit trashed clearly by local vandals and although it had a fair bit of graffiti there were still some nice photos to be had…
A nice little morgue in a small outbuilding of a large abandoned hospital complex, complete with a stunning porcelain slab!
The first building on the site of Selly Oak Hospital was the old King’s Norton Union Workhouse which was built in around 1872 to consolidate existing services for 5 separate parishes. Originally the Hospital was built to accommodate 200 pauper inmates. In 1897 a separate infirmary opened at the site at a cost of £52,000 and was designed by Mr. Daniel Arkell. This infirmary was made to accommodate a further 250 patients and had basic facilities to cater for maternity care but there were no operating theatres or a mortuary at this point…
Two more trips to this abandoned morgue with its impressive porcelain slab. I went back for 2 more trips with Andy de Kay of Behind Closed Doors, Matt, Danny, Old Skool, and Baron Scotland. If you’ve seen the first report you have probably noticed the overkill of shots… well considering the small size of this building its shocking that I found more to post…
The not so white morgue… No history on this one for the moment, some of you may know where this one is. Visited with Pete ‘Hands’ Costello and Andy De Kay of Behind Closed Doors to go see this rather nice abandoned porcelain slab!
