Leicester Borough Asylum aka Towers Hospital (Revisit) - 2015

[SpiderMonkey]

Hey all. This place has somehow stayed relatively under the radar for a lot of people. The place is now under demolition sadly, some of the best bits still remain though.

A while ago the older building was converted and a lot of the outbuildings demolished. Inside the converted bit is the chapel that has been pretty much untouched since it closed, but I've not managed to get inside yet

A tiny bit of history:

The Leicester Borough Lunatic Asylum was opened on 2nd September 1869. By 1912 the hospital substituted "Mental Hospital" for "Lunatic Asylum" as "lunatic" was gaining obsolescence in referring to mental health. The present name "Towers Hospital" was acquired in early 1947. It closed its beds in 2000 and total closure was confirmed in 2013.

Cheers for looking

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[Lenston]

Looks a cool place this mate

 

[hamtagger]

Cool place that mate, good to see inside it. We spent a considerable amount of time getting in about a year ago, then walked straight into a live part and got swiftly busted. Some bloke standing there in some kind of workshop, should've seen his face haha! He promptly called security who was equally bemused

Shame its gonna get demo'd, might have to pop in again soon

 

[Lara]

Nice shots, and shame its being demo'd

 

[Ferox]

Another cool set SM, well captured Good to see some pics from here I thought it had gone.

 

[Andy]

Very nice, well caputered and I like the colors & perspectives.

 

[Urbexbandoned]

This is lovely, I love those ward pics. Colours are stunning too well done.

 

[urblex]

Ace pics! Never even heard of this one before thumb

 

[The_Raw]

Nicely done mate

 

[skeleton key]

Great shots and location.

Very nice indeed

 

[shaddam]

love loving ! this