The Old Fletcher Convalescent Home. Pic heavy . April 13

The Fletcher Convalescent Home opened on 25 April 1893. The hospital was administered by the Governors of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. The building was designed by E Boardman & Son and is unlisted. It was, however, in the Victorian Society’s 2008 top-10 list of endangered buildings. Absorbed into the NHS during the 20th century, the home was converted into a geriatric unit which closed in 1998. In 1999 the complex was sold for development. Planning permission for its conversion to housing has been granted, but the requirement for some of the accommodation to be affordable housing has proved a sticking point, and this has delayed work on the building for several years. Until a solution can found, the former Fletcher Convalescent Home sits rotting, its stained glass windows smashed and open to the elements, deteriorating with every passing day. A fire, believed to have been started by vandals, recently caused further damage to the structure. A modern hospital for the rehabilitation of the elderly – the Benjamin Court Hospital – adjoins the complex in the west. Visited with Lost Tom. The Pics


















































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Very interesting place. I have that tagged for my next norfolk work trip.

UE-OMJ said:

Very interesting place. I have that tagged for my next norfolk work trip.

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Thanks OMJ I've been here before but not awful long time. There was a rumour that the place had been burned down to the ground, but it's still pretty intact.

I enjoyed it there but it creeped my daughter out, was the working phone still there in the room with sofas ? We picked it up and it had a dial tone !! Nice set if pics

steve2109 said:

I enjoyed it there but it creeped my daughter out, was the working phone still there in the room with sofas ? We picked it up and it had a dial tone !! Nice set if pics

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Yeah it is one hell of a creepy place!
I was gonna ring home, but thought better of it

Thanks for sharing, I love this place,
I thought I was gonna go through the floor outside the lift!
You had a lovely sunny day for it..

steve2109 said:

I enjoyed it there but it creeped my daughter out, was the working phone still there in the room with sofas ? We picked it up and it had a dial tone !! Nice set if pics

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Indeed it was Steve, a most strange occurence indeed. There did seem to be a peculiar atmosphere!

Stealthstar79 said:

Yeah it is one hell of a creepy place!
I was gonna ring home, but thought better of it

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Lol, it was very strange that phone, in what was a very obliterated hospital

Stealthstar79 said:

Thanks for sharing, I love this place,
I thought I was gonna go through the floor outside the lift!
You had a lovely sunny day for it..

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You're right, it was a stunning day, and spent with good company as well.

Great pictures thanks for sharing

sparky. said:

Great pictures thanks for sharing

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Thanks for that Sparky, my pleasure.

very nice work bud lovely looking building well theres another on the to--do list lol

Black Shuck said:

Lol, it was very strange that phone, in what was a very obliterated hospital

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Stealthstar79 said:

Yeah it is one hell of a creepy place!
I was gonna ring home, but thought better of it

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Hi. Wow. Love the style of this building! Looks like the roof is still holding up pretty well against the rain?

Would have been hard to resist trying to place a phone call, I think. But would've creeped me out, too! Is there a private owner that could have set up an account/still be paying the phone bill, I wonder? (For emergencies. If they happened to be out there… still, one would think a mobile would be the thing for that nowadays!)

Sentimentalice said:

Hi. Wow. Love the style of this building! Looks like the roof is still holding up pretty well against the rain?

Would have been hard to resist trying to place a phone call, I think. But would've creeped me out, too! Is there a private owner that could have set up an account/still be paying the phone bill, I wonder? (For emergencies. If they happened to be out there… still, one would think a mobile would be the thing for that nowadays!)

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Well resist we did Alice!. I think that the line was for emergencies only.

The phone was prob for security, as the time before last, we got busted!
The room with the sofa was his chill out room. Like a prat I tried the door bell, and notified him we were at the door!

Stealthstar79 said:

The phone was prob for security, as the time before last, we got busted!
The room with the sofa was his chill out room. Like a prat I tried the door bell, and notified him we were at the door!

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We got busted as well! lol! He was more scared of us than we were of him lmao!

Black Shuck said:

We got busted as well! lol! He was more scared of us than we were of him lmao!

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LOL l I swore at him as we were crawling through a copse of bushes on the left side, he stood waiting at the end. I popped my head out and he sh*t the life out of me.. Called him a f*cking idiot! He said your lucky my freind the Rottweiler isn't here today!

Stealthstar79 said:

Thanks for sharing, I love this place,
I thought I was gonna go through the floor outside the lift!
You had a lovely sunny day for it..

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The floor outside the lift was quite bad.....not as bad as another one there that i found though.....