This is another place which has been done a lot but thought it was worth a look seen as I was in the area...
Unfortunately a huge amount of this site has gone, its a real shame they were allowed to knock it down before anyone stepped in.
Work began on Kesteven County Asylum in 1897 and finished in 1902. It was designed to take 420 patients relieving the nearby Asylum at Bracebridge Heath.
The 112 acre sites gardens and grounds were landscaped by the male patients.
The Asylum was taken over by the RAF during the war serving as a crash and burns unit.
Dure to the introduction of 'Care in the Community' the hospital suffered a decline in us over the 1980's and later closed in December 1997 as Rauceby Hospital. The majority of the site has either been demolished or developed for housing however a few stripped out buildings remain, they cannot get planning permission to demolish the buildings but also have been refused planning to develop as the plans were not sympathetic enough to the original buildings so for now it remains in limbo.
i believe the chapel has been sold to a private buyer.
There is a security porta cabin by the main admin building, he was there on our visit yesterday, there are camera's on walls too but despite this we managed to get a good look around and got in to 2 of the buildings.
Here you can see the extent of what has already been demolished :-(
Unfortunately a huge amount of this site has gone, its a real shame they were allowed to knock it down before anyone stepped in.
Work began on Kesteven County Asylum in 1897 and finished in 1902. It was designed to take 420 patients relieving the nearby Asylum at Bracebridge Heath.
The 112 acre sites gardens and grounds were landscaped by the male patients.
The Asylum was taken over by the RAF during the war serving as a crash and burns unit.
Dure to the introduction of 'Care in the Community' the hospital suffered a decline in us over the 1980's and later closed in December 1997 as Rauceby Hospital. The majority of the site has either been demolished or developed for housing however a few stripped out buildings remain, they cannot get planning permission to demolish the buildings but also have been refused planning to develop as the plans were not sympathetic enough to the original buildings so for now it remains in limbo.
i believe the chapel has been sold to a private buyer.
There is a security porta cabin by the main admin building, he was there on our visit yesterday, there are camera's on walls too but despite this we managed to get a good look around and got in to 2 of the buildings.
Here you can see the extent of what has already been demolished :-(
