Fire chiefs urge public to avoid Fishergate area in Preston following huge blaze at former St Joseph's Orphanage

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Fire chiefs urge public to avoid Fishergate area in Preston following huge blaze at former St Joseph's Orphanage
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Preston fire: emergency services called to huge blaze on Mount Street in city centre

“Please note these road closures may be extended- therefore please follow the instructions of the officers at scene.”were due to be transformed into luxury homes. The Grade II Listed tower and chapel will remain and incorporated in the new housing complex which will have 10 town houses and 60 apartments.

The orphanage was first opened in September 1872 on the site of an almshouse.St Joseph's Hospital for the Sick and Poor, which eventually became Mount Street Private Hospital, opened next door five years later. Both were built by wealthy widow Maria Holland who gave £10,000 for each project at a time when Preston had one of the worst mortality rates in the country.

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