St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath

St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath was a mental health facility at Bracebridge Heath in Lincolnshire.

St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath
St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath
Shown in Lincolnshire
Geography
Location	Bracebridge Heath, Lincolnshire, England
Coordinates	53.1975°N 0.5326°W
Organisation
Care system	National Health Service
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Mental health
History
Opened	1852
Closed	1989

History

The hospital was designed by John Hamilton and James Medland in the Italianate style[1] as the Lincolnshire County Lunatic Asylum and opened in 1852.[2] It became Bracebridge Pauper Lunatic Asylum in 1898 and Bracebridge Mental Hospital in 1919.[2] It served as an Emergency Hospital during the Second World War and, having been renamed Bracebridge Heath Hospital in 1939, joined the National Health Service in 1948.[2] It went on to become St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath in 1961.[2]

The hospital closed in December 1989 and the site has been sold to a property developer who has built 183 luxury homes and apartments there.[3] The original hospital buildings are classified as Grade II listed buildings.[4]

References

1. Historic England. "St Johns Hospital (1074624)". PastScape. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
2. "Records of St John's Hospital, Bracebridge, formerly, the Lincolnshire County Lunatic Asylum". National Archives. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
3. "Former hospital site development well under way". Lincolnshire Life. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
4. Historic England. "Main building at St John's Hospital (1205000)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 September 2014.