Visited twice once in July 15 having donned a hi-vis and opportunistically walked through the entrance. And once in December 15 with a couple of others, big thanks to Obscurity for taking the time to show us around the place much appreciated.
History
History lifted from mockney rejects report as he did such a fine job of it.
"
The Buckland hospital formerly known as the Dover Union Workhouse Infirmary up until to 1930, the Dover Institution (1930-1943), the County Hospital (1943-1948) and finally the Buckland Hospital.
In 1835 the site of the present hospital was selected for the new Dover Union Workhouse. It opened on 29 September 1836, the workhouse was constructed to the courtyard plan devised by Sir Francis Head and designed to accommodate 500 inmates. Infirmary blocks, a children’s block and a chapel were added in the nineteenth and twentieth century. These buildings still survive but the main building was reconstructed in the 1920s or 1930s.
At this time the road leading to the workhouse was known as Union Road. The name was changed to Coombe Valley Road in 1964.
The building was known as the Dover Union Workhouse Infirmary to 1930, it then became the Dover Institution up to 1943, and was then known as the County Hospital. In 1948 it became Buckland Hospital.
The hospital has been modified and extended in the decades since, culminating with the Physiotherapy building in the 1980s.
The place shut and services moved over to the new hospital next door early in 2015
"
________
July 15, only time I've ever been in a building as it was being boarded up.
I can't remember what this room was called but it contains every issue of the Lancet and British Medical Journal dating back a while, it also had many medical magazines. The room in December is shown in the last picture.
Empty patient record room,
Boiler room,
I don't know why this bin is hung from the ceiling maybe there was a leak but its not even hung from a pipe.
And December 15,
History
History lifted from mockney rejects report as he did such a fine job of it.
"
The Buckland hospital formerly known as the Dover Union Workhouse Infirmary up until to 1930, the Dover Institution (1930-1943), the County Hospital (1943-1948) and finally the Buckland Hospital.
In 1835 the site of the present hospital was selected for the new Dover Union Workhouse. It opened on 29 September 1836, the workhouse was constructed to the courtyard plan devised by Sir Francis Head and designed to accommodate 500 inmates. Infirmary blocks, a children’s block and a chapel were added in the nineteenth and twentieth century. These buildings still survive but the main building was reconstructed in the 1920s or 1930s.
At this time the road leading to the workhouse was known as Union Road. The name was changed to Coombe Valley Road in 1964.
The building was known as the Dover Union Workhouse Infirmary to 1930, it then became the Dover Institution up to 1943, and was then known as the County Hospital. In 1948 it became Buckland Hospital.
The hospital has been modified and extended in the decades since, culminating with the Physiotherapy building in the 1980s.
The place shut and services moved over to the new hospital next door early in 2015
"
________
July 15, only time I've ever been in a building as it was being boarded up.
I can't remember what this room was called but it contains every issue of the Lancet and British Medical Journal dating back a while, it also had many medical magazines. The room in December is shown in the last picture.
Empty patient record room,
Boiler room,
I don't know why this bin is hung from the ceiling maybe there was a leak but its not even hung from a pipe.
And December 15,
