St. John's Asylum
The Explore..
Visited with @Urbexbandoned . Thought we should really check this place out last year in October as there hadn't been anything from the place for ages, mainly due to people
probably assuming the place was converted, but in reality you can see from the main road that there is a large proportion still derelict. At a guess I'd say 70-80% of it. The chapel at the front is now swanky apartments and the main frontage has been repaired and to be fair looks pretty good as the original architecture has all been retained. Some new build
houses have appeared and other sections to the left are now townhouses and apartments. Still quite a bit to see but one thing I did notice was some areas that were pretty intact 18 months ago have had floor/roof collapses and are a bit of a death trap now. Some of the corridors that were previously accessible are now bricked up and some of the areas that weren't have now become viewable thanks to the conversion in progress. I considered venturing through into the converted areas to get some snaps but decided it'd be a lot easier just to look on right Rightmove rather than bump into the onsite (and quite on the ball) security
In and out undetected which is always nice as the current secca policy I've heard is to call the cops from the police station across the road, and ask questions later..
They now have the dogs back there too due to all the rekindled activity here...
The History.
Built under the name Lincolnshire County Lunatic Asylum in 1852, set in 120 acres of grounds. In 1940, female patients were transferred around the UK to make way for an emergency department for the war effort. The newly established NHS took control in 1948 and by the 1960's it was known as St John's Hospital. The Hospital was closed in 1989, since then it has been sold and gradually been demolished to make way for housing leaving just the main buildings.
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The area where they are stripping walls and floors back to bare brick for the conversion..
As always, thanks for looking and feedback appreciated
The Explore..
Visited with @Urbexbandoned . Thought we should really check this place out last year in October as there hadn't been anything from the place for ages, mainly due to people
probably assuming the place was converted, but in reality you can see from the main road that there is a large proportion still derelict. At a guess I'd say 70-80% of it. The chapel at the front is now swanky apartments and the main frontage has been repaired and to be fair looks pretty good as the original architecture has all been retained. Some new build
houses have appeared and other sections to the left are now townhouses and apartments. Still quite a bit to see but one thing I did notice was some areas that were pretty intact 18 months ago have had floor/roof collapses and are a bit of a death trap now. Some of the corridors that were previously accessible are now bricked up and some of the areas that weren't have now become viewable thanks to the conversion in progress. I considered venturing through into the converted areas to get some snaps but decided it'd be a lot easier just to look on right Rightmove rather than bump into the onsite (and quite on the ball) security
In and out undetected which is always nice as the current secca policy I've heard is to call the cops from the police station across the road, and ask questions later..
They now have the dogs back there too due to all the rekindled activity here...
The History.
Built under the name Lincolnshire County Lunatic Asylum in 1852, set in 120 acres of grounds. In 1940, female patients were transferred around the UK to make way for an emergency department for the war effort. The newly established NHS took control in 1948 and by the 1960's it was known as St John's Hospital. The Hospital was closed in 1989, since then it has been sold and gradually been demolished to make way for housing leaving just the main buildings.
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The area where they are stripping walls and floors back to bare brick for the conversion..
As always, thanks for looking and feedback appreciated
Think it's gonna take them another 20 years to finish this one off, work seems to have stalled a bit too for some reason. I think they're waiting for some of the conversions to sell to raise a bit of cash to continue.
