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...St John's Hospital

Also Known As: Also known as Lincolnshire County (Pauper) Lunatic Asylum; Lincolnshire Lunatic Asylum, Lindsey, Holland and Grimsby District Pauper Lunatic Asylum; Lincolnshire Asylum; Bracebridge Pauper Lunatic Asylum; Bracebridge District Lunatic Asylum; Bracebridge Mental Hospital; Lincolnshire Mental Hospital and Bracebridge Heath Hospital
Location: Bracebridge Heath, Lincolnshire
Architect: John R Hamilton and Thomas Percy
Date built: 1848
Date opened: August 1852
Date closed: December 1989
Current Status: Derelict but in very poor condition. Administration block (front) is now in commercial use and some of the land has been used for homes
Trivia: As well as being possibly the oldest one in terms of time since closure that is still standing. Probably the one with the most names throughout it's lifetime. Has two administration blocks. During WW2 it functioned as a military hospital