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22-06-2010, 06:48 PM
Wyndham Lodge bought by William Chaplin in1870 had the entire house rebuilt in Wartnaby stone by R. Winter Johnson of Melton, in 1874.



The house and 15 acres of parkland were purchased by Col Richard Dalgleish in 1920, as a gift to the town, to become Melton & District Cottage Hospital. At the time, the local authority was looking for a suitable memorial to honour those who had fallen during the Great War, so in 1921 Wyndham Lodge finally became Melton & District War Memorial Hospital.


In 1948 the Hospital was subsumed into the National Health Service, and has remained so to the present day. With the building of a new hospital in the town, the War Memorial Hospital is surplus to requirements and its present owners, Melton, Rutland & Harborough Primary Care Trust (PCT), are now disposing of the site.


However not only was Melton's War Memorial Hospital bequeathed to the townspeople way back in 1920, its grounds and parkland were and are a much-used local amenity and the most beautiful of Melton's natural landscapes. Hence there are local residents which feel strongly about the potential loss of what they believe, rightly or wrongly, to be a property of Melton.



The place is well stripped however some nice features and a residential feel go towards a pleasant explore.
Met some lads here on their first ever explore – hope you guys got round it fine.
Visited with Dazza.



So it was off into Melton for some supplies before the explore



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strange cistern with taps ????


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