/Adult Deaf & Dumb Institute/The Deaf Chapel/The Deaf Institute/whatever variation you want to call it.
Another place in Liverpool that I had wanted to see inside for years, probably almost as long as I've been actively exploring stuff, but as nothing I had ever done in Liverpool prior to this trip actually worked out it's taken me the best part of 13 years to actually get there. It was actually better than I was expecting it to be, so I wasn't disappointed at all - as others have said, there are people living inside part of it, more precisely upstairs in the modern extension. They weren't in when we arrived but by all accounts are perfectly fine with photographers being there as long as you leave their area alone.
The Institute opened in 1887 after a fundraising drive launched a decade earlier, and in 1931 the George Healey Memorial Hall was opened which was used as a mens club. The lecture hall at the Institute was used for lectures, meetings and social events and the chapel on the upper levels gave two services every Sunday. The chapel was designed with tiered seating to enable everyone to have a good view towards the front. The Institute closed in 1986 and for the following twenty years was used as a very successful community centre for the local African Igbo community, but the poor conditions of the building and rising repair costs forced them to vacate it in 2007, and it has sat derelict ever since.
A nice chilled way to end the day, some of the floors in here are getting very sketchy in areas though...
Thanks for looking
Another place in Liverpool that I had wanted to see inside for years, probably almost as long as I've been actively exploring stuff, but as nothing I had ever done in Liverpool prior to this trip actually worked out it's taken me the best part of 13 years to actually get there. It was actually better than I was expecting it to be, so I wasn't disappointed at all - as others have said, there are people living inside part of it, more precisely upstairs in the modern extension. They weren't in when we arrived but by all accounts are perfectly fine with photographers being there as long as you leave their area alone.
The Institute opened in 1887 after a fundraising drive launched a decade earlier, and in 1931 the George Healey Memorial Hall was opened which was used as a mens club. The lecture hall at the Institute was used for lectures, meetings and social events and the chapel on the upper levels gave two services every Sunday. The chapel was designed with tiered seating to enable everyone to have a good view towards the front. The Institute closed in 1986 and for the following twenty years was used as a very successful community centre for the local African Igbo community, but the poor conditions of the building and rising repair costs forced them to vacate it in 2007, and it has sat derelict ever since.
A nice chilled way to end the day, some of the floors in here are getting very sketchy in areas though...
Thanks for looking
