After years of wanting to see this site I finally got the chance and all I can say is it was well worth the wait!!
Greaves Hall was originally custom built as a mansion for Lord Scarisbrick in 1900. The house was sold and became an all girl school for some years before being taken over as a TB hospital and later a psychiatric hospital. When the psychiatric unit was transfered to Liverpool hospital in 1997 Greaves Hall was abandoned and has since endured endless acts of vandalism and arson, the most major of which in 2004 sadly caused the demolition of much of the building.
Though this site is well worth a look, the fire damage has really taken its toll on the remainder of the building, the floor is extremely unstable throughout most of the building and unless you fancy a climb up some very loose bricks, the top floors are inaccessible so take extra caution when visiting this site.
Anyways apologies for the photos' poor quality... my camera is practically prehistoric
Main Building at night:
Don't know if you can make it out but despite the fire and collapse of roof, the clock on the top right wall has survived.
All that remains of the stairs to first floor
We found some of the original flooring in the main room
Main corridor in basement
This was the first thing we saw as we came in (apart from the huge hole in the floor) I think it was something to do with staff training...
Found this cool site that's got photos from the building as it was being built in 1900 and some lovely old shots of the girls' school and hospital before it became derelict, as well as to-date ones and some history on the building too! http://slideintime.com/html/greaves_hall.html
Edit/Delete Message
Planning another trip for next week, if anyone wants to tag along let us know!
Greaves Hall was originally custom built as a mansion for Lord Scarisbrick in 1900. The house was sold and became an all girl school for some years before being taken over as a TB hospital and later a psychiatric hospital. When the psychiatric unit was transfered to Liverpool hospital in 1997 Greaves Hall was abandoned and has since endured endless acts of vandalism and arson, the most major of which in 2004 sadly caused the demolition of much of the building.
Though this site is well worth a look, the fire damage has really taken its toll on the remainder of the building, the floor is extremely unstable throughout most of the building and unless you fancy a climb up some very loose bricks, the top floors are inaccessible so take extra caution when visiting this site.
Anyways apologies for the photos' poor quality... my camera is practically prehistoric
Main Building at night:
Don't know if you can make it out but despite the fire and collapse of roof, the clock on the top right wall has survived.
All that remains of the stairs to first floor
We found some of the original flooring in the main room
Main corridor in basement
This was the first thing we saw as we came in (apart from the huge hole in the floor) I think it was something to do with staff training...
Found this cool site that's got photos from the building as it was being built in 1900 and some lovely old shots of the girls' school and hospital before it became derelict, as well as to-date ones and some history on the building too! http://slideintime.com/html/greaves_hall.html
Edit/Delete Message
Planning another trip for next week, if anyone wants to tag along let us know!
