LLUESTY WORK HOUSE

Lluesty Hopsital

A Grade Two Listed Building In Hollywell.

Now for some history.

Built 1838-40 as a a workhouse, for the Union of 14 parishes, by John Welch, architect of St Asaph and Surveyor to the Guardians: Builder Thomas Hughes of Liverpool and Contractor Samuel Parry. There may have been some alterations in 1869. Was enlarged to the right in 1902. Standard workhouse grid plan with separate courtyards for men and women; transverse and spinal ranges with linking central octagon.

Holywell Workhouse Chapel was built in association with Hollywell Workhouse in Old chester Road Hollywell. It was built together with some vagrants wards for the workhouse in 1838-84.

The chapel is built in stone with a slate roof and has a shingled fleche. The workhouse later became Lluesty Hospital. The Chapel was designed by Cadw as a Grade Two Listed Building.

Lluesty Hospital was a former Victorian workhouse turned hospital which closed in 2008 after the opening of Hollywell Community Hospital nearby.

This was a short explore could only gain access to the old work house which had been destroyed inside and was full of dog mess. The hospital itself was all blocked off and was warned by a local to not attempt going in due to dogs being lose on the site. The chapel from the outside again looked amazing beautiful building but again no access.