Visit Date June 2005
Horton
Architect G.T. Hine
Opened 1902
Patients Up to 1524
Closed 2001?
Other Was used as a military hospital between 1915 – 1918 and again between 1939 – 1949 when it was known as Horton war hospital.
Only the Chapel, a few blocks and the Water Tower remain undeveloped with this site, the Water Tower 
which was once attached to parts of the hospital now stands alone in the middle of a building site; the Water Tower was reputedly sold for £1 as to make it stable it requires £400,000 worth of underpinning. Round spiral steps
take you to the top for a very impressive view of St Ebba’s the West Park Tower and the rest of the Horton Site.
From the top we saw a few of the buildings which still exist and decided to check them out. The chapel is stunning, untouched since it closed, apparently when the building works are complete it will be turned into a community centre.
Two more buildings were behind the chapel one seemed to be in use until recently, I found a calendar which dated from 2002 and of all things a huge jar of tartar sauce…. This defiantly rates up there as one of the strangest things to find!
The last building we ventured into was what we thought was a nurses block but 
we later found out that it had recently been a sex offenders rehabilitation centre which made the faces which we saw on the walls a little disturbing to say the least!
Although there isn’t a lot left to see at Horton compared to what once was there I was extremely glad I went as it is so rare to see a chapel in such fine condition.
(Thanks to Turkey for the Horton sunset picture)