Urbex: The Lincolnshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum – February 2014 (revisit 3)
History
My 5th trip to the abandoned St Johns Asylum in Lincoln aka The Lincolnshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Full history and photos from the first 3 visits can be found in the report from September 2012 & report from May 2013. Briefly the Asylum was built in 1852 and enlarged on several subsequent occasions in 1859, 1866, 1881 and 1902. The asylum finally closed in 1989/1990 and was bought by a property developer a few years later who has converted half of the site into houses but the main asylum buildings are Grade II listed buildings and cant be demolished.
Our Visit
Visited this time with Sonyes, Philberto and Faye (Nice to meet you both). The main purpose of this trip for me anyway was to see the Nursery which had proven inaccessible on all my previous visits… I had heard from a friend that this section was once again accessible and I jumped at the chance to head down there ASAP. It was clear comparing photographs taken only a week or so before that contractors had been in and cause a bit more damage as part of their strip out works but thankfully most of the contents remained :). I was quite impressed with the nursery, especially since the rest of this asylum whilst photogenic is quite bare in terms of things which have been left behind. Building works appear to be moving along at a steady pace with new internal partitions making navigation a little more difficult these days :). Enjoy the photos and links to all the previous visits can also be found below.
More reports from St Johns Asylum:
The Lincolnshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum September 2012
The Lincolnshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum May 2013 Part 1
The Lincolnshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum May 2013 Part 2
The Lincolnshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum November 2013
And don’t forget to check out AndyK’s reports over at Behind Closed Doors: St John’s Hospital
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That second picture, the wider one with the teddy, it’s awesome mate! Love it. The tall water tower pic is a stunner too, the black and white works so well there. Cracking stuff.
great set
The nursery was never part of the original hospital, it only shut a couple of years ago which is provably why it’s still in good condition! St. John’s was never a hospital for children…..had a mother & baby unit for pregnant patients but that was it
My grandparents were senior nurses here……a lot of the patients were suffering from shell shock…..now called post traumatic stress syndrome…..please have some respect for the huge sacrifice they gave. It was called a lunatic asylum 150 years ago because society was ignorant then…..let’s remember it’s now psychiatric care
I have to say that I think it’s very disrespectful to have your “characters” in some of the photos ……. The people in the hospital were ill, and should be given the same respect as any other patients
A friend of mine worked here in the early 80’s before having her kids. I remember her telling me how she used to have to walk the patients down to where they had electroshock therapy. I find it insane because I heard it was often used as a treatment for epilepsy! My mother suffered from epilepsy and I can’t imagine her having to go through something like that! Be interesting to take my mate back up there after all these years. Great report and stunning images as always. Particularly love the black & white water tower! 🙂
It would be interesting to see the finished results,, even if only the externals,, it is good to see the building re-purposed, it will be interesting to see,,, if any of the old architecture inside will be retained..
How do you gain access to be able to view this amazing place, I’ve lived here many years and was never brave enough to sneak under the fence. I would love to see the insides of this place