Report - St John's Asylum, Lincs - Oct15

[The Wombat]

I didn’t think I would get the chance to see this place again, and this was one of my favourite explores…
I was very keen to go back. And man was it worth it – I saw 4 times more than my last visit three years ago. It was a real privilege to see the cells, the hall, the grand staircase; and some more those iconic honeycomb ceilings. The building is extremely dicey in places – a lot worse than I remembered. Some floors are wonky, some floors are rotten… and some floors are missing altogether. That said, the natural decay in here is awesome.

The site is being converted for housing. A lot of the foliage has been cleared, building work has begun, and the water tower controversially demolished.


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 asStJohn’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 building.

the hall

the staircase

ghost

thanks for looking

 

[JuJu]

nice set of shots, it's a shame about all the scaffolding around the stairs, really spoils the view

 

[The Wombat]

nice set of shots, it's a shame about all the scaffolding around the stairs, really spoils the view

thanks juju
it is a shame about the scaffolding, but at least that means its probably going to be restored.
At least I got to see it

 

[frizman]

Great to see the old place again. I didn't think there would be much left. Nicely shot there Wombat.

 

[GK_WAX]

I like this, thanks for sharing

 

[Punk]

Lovely shots
Nice to see the place again

 

[The Wombat]

Many thanks guys
Great to see this place again, as was always one of my favourite explores.
And, I go to see loads more this time

 

[Urbexbandoned]

You got some nice pics there mate, so nice to see some more visits from here I just love that iron walkway

 

[The Wombat]

You got some nice pics there mate, so nice to see some more visits from here I just love that iron walkway

Thankyou
Inspired by your most excellent report
The iron walkway was awesome..... and so was the main hall

 

[DirtyJigsaw]

I wanna see this for myself. Nice set of pics

 

[Urbexbandoned]

Thankyou
Inspired by your most excellent report
The iron walkway was awesome..... and so was the main hall

Thank you I loved the walkway, some really nice features this place has. One of my favourites

 

[Will Knot]

Great pics and report.... wouldn't mind a look round that myself

 

[The Wombat]

Great pics and report.... wouldn't mind a look round that myself

cheers Will