St Mary's Hospital, Melton Mowbray. September 2015.

[Ferox]

After seeing Urbexbandoned's recent report on this place and knowing of the other two attractions on the same site I would have been a fool not to have gone for a look while I was in the area. Nice little mooch is one with large parts still quite clean and decay starting in others. Pretty much stripped of any stuff but an interesting building with a workhouse history. Thanks for the heads up on this one guys and a massive thanks to Tagger for the help

Melton Mowbray Poor Law Union officially came into existence on 26th March 1836. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 56 in number, representing its 54 constituent parishes.

A Union workhouse was built in 1836 at the east side of Thorpe Road in Melton Mowbray. It was designed by Charles Dyer and adopted an elongated H-plan layout, rather than one of radial layouts more popular at the time.

An infirmary designed by RW Johnson was erected at the east of the workhouse in 1869-70. At the centre were a surgery. kitchen, and nurse's quarters. Male and female patients had separate entrance to each side.

A vagrants' block was located at the south of the workhouse. It contained work cells for stone-breaking at the southern side. The cells walls contained outlet grids through which were placed the small pieces of broken stone.

The former workhouse later became St Mary's Hospital which seems to have shut in 2010.

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Thanks For Looking

 

[Urbexbandoned]

You got some lovely shots mate, HT said you were visiting, really nice place isn't it.

 

[hamtagger]

Good to see you guys getting the place done. Funny the amount of times the vagrancy cells has been done and if people would've looked beyond them there's this massive abandoned hospital

Cool pics mate

 

[Ferox]

You got some lovely shots mate, HT said you were visiting, really nice place isn't it.

Thanks mate Yeah was a great place, really enjoyed my visit.

 

[Ferox]

Good to see you guys getting the place done. Funny the amount of times the vagrancy cells has been done and if people would've looked beyond them there's this massive abandoned hospital Cool pics mate

Thanks mate Hot little area at the moment

 

[Maniac]

Hope this doesn't go as mad as the other Melton Mowbray explore did.

 

[Lavino]

Hope this doesn't go as mad as the other Melton Mowbray explore did.

Exellent report there Ferox cool looking hospital just got to ask did you have a pork pie from there ..

 

[PROJ3CTM4YH3M]

Nicely done, bit modern but some nice bit looks like a good mooch

 

[skeleton key]

Good to see you getting about the place as there few that dont like a nice hospital and not always easy to catch them with items remaining.

 

[Ferox]

Hope this doesn't go as mad as the other Melton Mowbray explore did.

Same here mate. Reckon it will though.

 

[Ferox]

Exellent report there Ferox cool looking hospital just got to ask did you have a pork pie from there ..

Thanks bud No, just stuck to McDonalds mate

 

[Ferox]

Nicely done, bit modern but some nice bit looks like a good mooch

Cheers PM Was a nice spot mate, very clean in places.

 

[Ferox]

Good to see you getting about the place as there few that dont like a nice hospital and not always easy to catch them with items remaining.

Thanks SK Love the hospitals myself

 

[mookster]

I too was wondering how all the people doing the vagrancy cells on the edge of the site failed to notice the big empty hospital? Looks like a bit of a twofer to me.