LLuesty Hospital, North Wales - August 2015

[-Raz-]

The Lluesty hospital is situated on Old Chester Road in Holywell,originally built as a workhouse in the late 1830s,it has not been used since the new Holywell Community Hospital opened in 2008 about a mile down the road .

Auctioneers say there was intense interest in the site, selling well in excess of its £150,000 guide price at £275,000.

Speaking ahead of the auction, local historian Brian Taylor noted: "It is a feature of Holywell.

"There aren't many of these workhouses left in the country."

The original workhouse complex and adjoining chapel were Grade II listed 20 years ago.

The early Victorian building was designed by St Asaph architect John Welch and used as a workhouse for the poor of 14 parishes. It was built by Thomas Hughes of Liverpool and the contracter was Samuel Parry. There may have been alterations in 1869 and it was enlarged to the right in 1902. There were also some modern extensions during it's conversion to hospital use. It has the standard workhouse grid plan with separate courtyards for men and women and transverse and spinal ranges with a linking central octagon

The buildings are set in grounds of around 7.4 acres which have been allocated for housing development. It is thought up to 70 houses could be built on the site.

In 2006, television personality Cilla Black visited Lluesty as part of a BBC Wales programme called Coming Home with Cilla Black.

We came across this place whilst heading towards a care home in the middle of nowhere and it looked rather nice from the outside so we headed in for a look, In most parts its in fairly bad shape but there is the odd photogenic bit

Visited with Matt & Fat Panda, Hopefully slightly different to Matt's report

Cheers for looking

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[skeleton key]

Pretty much stripped but a nice level of decay and the place has a good look about it.

Cool set

 

[-Raz-]

Yeah very empty mate but the decay in parts was rather nice Cheers

 

[Perjury Saint]

Good set that dude!

 

[Hydro]

Cool set mate

 

[Gothicangel]

I had a explore there too not so long ago.

I loved this place its huge.Also discovered a ww2 gun shaft just by the pathway as you go out.

Brill pictures thanks for sharing.

 

[mookster]

Great looking spot, it's on my list to see on a Wales trip somewhen

 

[Andy]

Nice decay, I really like the fern at the window.

 

[hamtagger]

Some quality shots to be had here still Raz, I had written the place off but might pop in if ever in the area again

 

[ACID-REFLUX]

Nice set mate

There"s some decent shots still to be had out of the old girl it seems

I never bothered with this place (like most it seems) for some reason preferring Denbigh, but i must admit i was quite impressed with it.Even allowing for the fact it"s been trashed although not to the extent of Clayton Hospital lol

I don"t know how they managed to find it ? but there was some fresh 2" Copper cable newly cut on the car park awaiting collection. Probably the only cable i saw in the whole of the buildings.

As for development of the site? God knows when that"s going to happen.

 

[Merryprankster]

nice set dude! looks like a cool explore, fookin hate needles, one of the first abandoned places i explored when i was about 14 and skiving off school was a derelict warehouse and that was absolutely full of fiilthy smackheads needles, literally a carpet of the things+ loads of blood all over the taps and sink in the bathroom, where we climbed in guessing some smackhead missed the spot and was trying to run the water or some shite, fookin filthy, as i say cool set though dude!

 

[-Raz-]

Cheers for the good feedback lads, bit late on the reply lol :mrgreen: