{"id":33520,"date":"2022-06-08T18:08:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T17:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33520"},"modified":"2022-06-08T18:08:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T17:08:36","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-prestons-former-orphanage-views-from-before-the-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33520","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Preston\u2019s former orphanage &#8211; views from before the blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-32715\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fire_icon-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"151\" \/>The Grade II-listed former St Joseph&#8217;s Orphanage in Preston city centre as it appeared before the recent fire has been featured by <em>LancsLive<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration purposes only<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>LancsLive<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Eerie pictures show the condition of the abandoned St Joseph&#8217;s Orphanage before it all went up in flames\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 services rushed to the building on Mount Street after a fire spread through the historic building on Friday night (May 13)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported\u2026<\/p>\n<p>A urban explorer, who goes under the name of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Lostplacesandforgottenfaces\/\">Lost Places and Forgotten Faces<\/a>, visited the derelict building in January 2021\u2026 and took the opportunity to take some images.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 One picture shows old mattresses piled high and broken wheelchairs located in various rooms in the building &#8211; one of which is placed next to a pair of slippers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancs.live\/news\/lancashire-news\/gallery\/look-inside-st-josephs-orphanage-23959933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grade II-listed former St Joseph&#8217;s Orphanage in Preston city centre as it appeared before the recent fire has been featured by LancsLive. image: for illustration purposes only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33521,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33520\/revisions\/33521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}