Newholme Hospital / Bakewell Union Workhouse, Derbyshire - December 2024
Bakewell Poor Law Union formally came into existence in July 1838 and a workhouse to accommodate 200 inmates was constructed in 1841 to designs by a Mr Johnson of Sheffield at a cost of £5,340. The admin block was constructed in a Jacobean style with a pair of infirmary blocks, a mortuary and separate casual and receiving wards being added by the end of the 19th century.
The workhouse later became ‘Bakewell Public Assistance Institution’ and finally Newholme Hospital under the NHS.
The site was earmarked for closure back in 2017, along with several other similar sized hospitals in Derbyshire, with closure eventually coming during Autumn 2024 after construction of a new ‘health centre’ next door.
I find myself in Bakewell fairly often, so I’ve been waiting for this one to actually close for a while now. Social media idiots had a good go at gooning it out while it was still live a few times (imagine how thick you look getting ‘busted by police’ in a live hospital at night?!) Anyway, I had a very relaxed wander here... Standard amount of NHS emptiness and modernisation as expected unfortunately.
Main entrance
Empty wards + corridors
X-Ray, treatment rooms and physiotherapy
There was a hall area, not much of a looker though
Some misc bits to end on
Someone take a ladder and have a look at the clock mechanism please?
Bakewell Poor Law Union formally came into existence in July 1838 and a workhouse to accommodate 200 inmates was constructed in 1841 to designs by a Mr Johnson of Sheffield at a cost of £5,340. The admin block was constructed in a Jacobean style with a pair of infirmary blocks, a mortuary and separate casual and receiving wards being added by the end of the 19th century.
The workhouse later became ‘Bakewell Public Assistance Institution’ and finally Newholme Hospital under the NHS.
The site was earmarked for closure back in 2017, along with several other similar sized hospitals in Derbyshire, with closure eventually coming during Autumn 2024 after construction of a new ‘health centre’ next door.
I find myself in Bakewell fairly often, so I’ve been waiting for this one to actually close for a while now. Social media idiots had a good go at gooning it out while it was still live a few times (imagine how thick you look getting ‘busted by police’ in a live hospital at night?!) Anyway, I had a very relaxed wander here... Standard amount of NHS emptiness and modernisation as expected unfortunately.
Main entrance
Empty wards + corridors
X-Ray, treatment rooms and physiotherapy
There was a hall area, not much of a looker though
Some misc bits to end on
Someone take a ladder and have a look at the clock mechanism please?
