Fletcher Convalescent Home - main entrance
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Fletcher Convalescent Home - main entrance
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 27 Feb 2011
Situated on an elevation and looking down upon the modern complex of Benjamin Court Hospital below is the Fletcher building, a Victorian convalescent home. It still looks grand from a distance. A closer look reveals that most of the windows are boarded up and that the building is deteriorating. The north elevation, where the main entrance used to be, is adorned with a number of stone carvings and gargoyles can be seen high up on the square tower. Update 23 March 2012: Demolition work has started to make way for a car park, which will serve the new multi-million pound hospital that has been built behind it.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.924745
Longitude
1.300455