St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath | |
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Geography | |
Location | Bracebridge Heath, Lincolnshire, England |
Coordinates | 53°11′51″N0°31′57″W / 53.1975°N 0.5326°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | National Health Service |
Funding | Public hospital |
Type | Mental health |
History | |
Opened | 1852 |
Closed | 1989 |
St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath was a mental health facility at Bracebridge Heath in Lincolnshire.
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]
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