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Kennelmore Road, MELTON MOWBRAY, LE13 0RT

Crocus along the approach road to the main entrance of the hospital.

This hospital was donated to the town of Melton by Col Richard Dalgleish in 1920. It has recently been sold to a development company to fund the building of new facilities at St Mary's, Melton's other hospital.

The premises of the former Melton Memorial Hospital have recently been cleared and there announcements of it being populated with new build, refurbishments and conversions.A narrow public footpath traverses the area.

The premises of the former Melton Memorial Hospital have recently been cleared and there are announcements of it being populated with new build and conversions.

The buildings and surrounding land of the former Melton Memorial Hospital have recently been cleared and there are announcements of it being populated with new build, refurbishments and conversions. A narrow public footpath traverses the edge of the area.

This huge converted hunting lodge, that sits at the side of Ankle Hill, was originally known as Hill House. It was built during the reign of the King George III by Mr Hind, a retired leather dealer. Around 1840, Colonel Charles Wyndham took up residency and he renamed the house Wyndham Lodge. Wyndham was pursuing a military career and in 1852, when was appointed as Governor of the Tower of London, he ceased to live here and left Melton Mowbray. Later on, when Wyndham Lodge was leased to Mr William Augustus Chaplin. Chaplin set about demolishing the original building and constructed this building of stone quarried from the nearby village of Wartnaby. He and his family lived here for the next 30 years and additional tenants enjoyed the lodge until the end of World War I when Colonel Richard Dalgleish bought it, along with15 acres of land in 1920. He turned the lodge into The War Memorial Hospital and it was opened by H.R.H. Prince Henry in January 1922. It was then used continuously as a hospital until 2002. Following its closure the building stood empty and unused until its purchase for residential development and the construction of a several dozen houses on the site, all of which overlook the River Eye.

A new unadopted road linking Ankle Hill - 150 metres ahead - and the Wyndham Grange residential development (i.e. the former War Memorial Hospital).

The former French chateau style stables and carriage block of Wyndham Grange (most recently ancillary buildings of the War Memorial Hospital) being extended and converted into apartments as a part of the overall development of the whole of this 5 acre site into a residential complex. This block can be readily seen from the nearby road, i.e. Ankle Hill.

The premises of the former Melton Memorial Hospital have recently been cleared and there are announcements of it being populated with new build, refurbishments and conversions. A narrow public footpath traverses the area.

The premises of the former Melton Memorial Hospital have recently been cleared and there announcements of it being populated with new build, refurbishments and conversions.A narrow public footpath traverses the area.