Broomhill Hospital

This little hospital near Glasgow cared for chronically ill patients from 1876 to it’s closure in 1995. The condition is now ruinous – you have to be very careful as the floors are falling in all over the place.

It was once a very elegant building:

Broomhill Hospital 4 (by Ben Cooper)

With big south-facing sun lounges for the patients:

Broomhill Hospital 3 (by Ben Cooper)

Inside, this is one of the less-decayed rooms:

Broomhill Hospital 6 (by Ben Cooper)

Wards still have beds in place, though:

Broomhill Hospital 16 (by Ben Cooper)

With all the windows broken, the sun lounges are now growing a fine crop of moss:

Broomhill Hospital 15 (by Ben Cooper)

In a cupboard, a reminder of old methods of patient care:

Broomhill Hospital 29 (by Ben Cooper)

I didn’t look inside:

Broomhill Hospital 25 (by Ben Cooper)

Next to the x-ray machine:

Broomhill Hospital 30 (by Ben Cooper)

The kitchens have seen better days:

Broomhill Hospital 34 (by Ben Cooper)

In the laundry, a hand-knitted child’s jumper:

Broomhill Hospital 35 (by Ben Cooper)

There’s also a fine collection of graffiti – other signs read “Dog’s Inside” and “Plague”, but this was my favourite:

Broomhill Hospital 37 (by Ben Cooper)

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