The history
Originally built in 1904 as a boys boarding school it was taken over in 1948 by The Liverpool School for the Deaf. The name was later changed to the Birkdale School for Hearing Impaired Children. It was eventually closed in 2003 and has been empty since. One end of the main building was partially demolished after the inevitable fire in 2010. There have been a lot of housing plans for the building and it’s large grounds, the most recent redevelopment project which was approved in 2018 and included the rebuilding of the fire damaged end, is for conversion into a £35 million pound retirement village. The more modern part of the site that has been reported on here in the past was demolished in March 2020 and recently a lot of construction containers have arrived I assume in readiness for the conversion.
The explore
The main building has become accessible of late so I took the opportunity to explore a building that has long intrigued me.
I should point out there are a lot of asbestos warnings on site so take care if you plan to visit!
I found the fire damaged rooms quite eerie and was also surprised by the size inside, a lot of corridors and room after room would appear when you thought you’d covered everything.
Where the modern section once stood
Swimming pool still remaining
Main staircase
Assembly hall?
one of the many fireplaces from its boarding school days?
Fire damaged sections
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Originally built in 1904 as a boys boarding school it was taken over in 1948 by The Liverpool School for the Deaf. The name was later changed to the Birkdale School for Hearing Impaired Children. It was eventually closed in 2003 and has been empty since. One end of the main building was partially demolished after the inevitable fire in 2010. There have been a lot of housing plans for the building and it’s large grounds, the most recent redevelopment project which was approved in 2018 and included the rebuilding of the fire damaged end, is for conversion into a £35 million pound retirement village. The more modern part of the site that has been reported on here in the past was demolished in March 2020 and recently a lot of construction containers have arrived I assume in readiness for the conversion.
The explore
The main building has become accessible of late so I took the opportunity to explore a building that has long intrigued me.
I should point out there are a lot of asbestos warnings on site so take care if you plan to visit!
I found the fire damaged rooms quite eerie and was also surprised by the size inside, a lot of corridors and room after room would appear when you thought you’d covered everything.
Where the modern section once stood
Swimming pool still remaining
Main staircase
Assembly hall?
one of the many fireplaces from its boarding school days?
Fire damaged sections
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