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St. John's Asylum, Lincolnshire - October 2015

hamtagger

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St. John's Asylum

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The Explore..

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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 :D

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 dogs there too...​

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The History.

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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..​

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As always, thanks for looking and feedback appreciated (y)

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Urbexbandoned

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Love 7, 9 & 10. This was a great day. Report reads real nice, enjoyable. (y)  

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Conrad

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Looks like a really interesting place, rather grand with the patterned celling. Nicely done getting in and out.

 

Ferox

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Another belter there mate. I do like the ceilings in here. In and out undetected, a perfect mooch by the sounds  (y)

 

Perjury Saint

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I should nip back ere before its too late... Still a good un! (y)

 

The_Raw

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Liking that HT and good to see it back on the map again, popped in with Maniac and MerryPrankster shortly after seeing there was still some cool stuff there. Agree about security being on the ball, he clocked us within seconds of getting close, managed to avoid him eventually though :D  

 

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nice set dude, enjoyed this when we went, the lack of "stuff" is more than made up for with the nice architectural features that are still left here  (y)

 
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