Seafield House (Former children's hospital)

tumble112 · Apr 21, 2015

Seafield House was built in 1888/89 at a cost of £8000 for engineer William Arrol. He described the house as a place "Where in the intervals of work I might enjoy retired leisure".
After his death in 1913, the house was used during WW1 by the Red Cross as an auxilliary hospital for wounded soldiers. In 1921 Seafield House became a maternity hospital and eventually changing to a Sick Children's Hospital in 1944.
The Hospital closed in 1991 but remained in use as NHS administration until 2001. The house then remained empty and was badly damaged by fire in 2007.
I had a few stays here as a child, so this explore brought back a few memories.
As ever more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/107793356@N06/sets/72157651676209768/

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This was originally the Billiard Room (thanks Dazza), I really like the fireplace

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Thanks for looking

krela · Apr 21, 2015

I love that, I hope it gets saved somehow.

tumble112 · Apr 21, 2015

krela said:
I love that, I hope it gets saved somehow.

There were plans announced last year to convert it into flats, but there have been a few of those over the years.

The Wombat · Apr 21, 2015

Nice work Tumble

Looks good that

HughieD · Apr 22, 2015

Wow...great set there. What an architectural treasure trove.

flyboys90 · Apr 22, 2015

Wonderful features.Thanks for sharing
After checking the tiles out they look very much like William De Morgan, amazing they are still there.

UrbanX · Apr 22, 2015

Wow what a fantastic building!
Beautifully documented too, great write up.
Thanks for sharing

smiler · Apr 22, 2015

Lovely Building, I enjoyed it, Thanks

brickworx · Apr 22, 2015

Nice looking place, looks on its last legs though, shame really...thanks.

jayb3e · Apr 23, 2015

Lovely building such a shame it's been left to rot.

Woo72 · Apr 23, 2015

I've been desperate to see inside this place for years! Great to see some original features have survived. The gallery bannisters and panels are awesome. The good news is this building has just been purchased by a local building firm who are to restore is as luxury apartments, restoring the original features. Tragic that the amazing interiors have been lost though. Great photos thanks for sharing.

DirtyJigsaw · Apr 23, 2015

Its crazy to think that was built for £8,000! Imagine the cost that £8,000 would be in todays money! Nice set of pics there

tumble112 · Apr 23, 2015

Woo72 said:
I've been desperate to see inside this place for years! Great to see some original features have survived. The gallery bannisters and panels are awesome. The good news is this building has just been purchased by a local building firm who are to restore is as luxury apartments, restoring the original features. Tragic that the amazing interiors have been lost though. Great photos thanks for sharing.

That is good news. Hopefully the beautiful stained glass roof can be recreated.

mockingbird · Apr 24, 2015

beautiful tumble! really nice decay and inside looks wonderful, good stuff as always, glad your still uploading and finding these places

Chopper · Apr 24, 2015

Wow. What a gorgeous place. Very nice set

Rob2210 · Apr 24, 2015

Wow love the shots, trying to imagine the place in all its glory restored.

Woo72 · Apr 24, 2015

It would be great if the stained glass roof and beautiful oak staircase could be replaced.

Gritstone · Apr 25, 2015

Why is it most children's homes seem quite sinister and foreboding places?

tumble112 · Apr 25, 2015

Gritstone said:
Why is it most children's homes seem quite sinister and foreboding places?

I can clearly remember as a child finding this house (or hospital as it was then), terrifying. I can also remember lying in bed recovering from an operation trying to watch Take Hart on a small TV at the other end of what seemed to be a huge ward. (Showing my age a bit here). However visiting it again as an adult I could see the beauty in the building, but I understand your point.

Dugie · Apr 27, 2015

There is some nice stonework in this place, looks great. Thanks for posting

Dugie

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