St Johns Asylum Lincolnshire. April 2010

[SilentHill]

"The Firm On The Road Again"

Silent Hill. Judderman 62. Evilnoodle. Ceejam. Joybee. Theoss.

Formerly, the Lincolnshire County Lunatic Asylum. The Asylum was built in 1852 and enlarged on several subsequent occasions. It was originally established jointly by Lindsey, Kesteven, Holland, Lincoln, Grimsby and Stamford, and managed by a Board of Visitors appointed by the contributing authorities. Kesteven and Grantham withdrew from the arrangement when the contract of Union expired in 1893 (eventually establishing the Kesteven County Asylum at South Rauceby, 1897). The hospital was set in grounds of 120 acres which included gardens, farmland and a burial ground. In 1940 female patients were transferred to other hospitals, mainly Storthes Hall near Huddersfield, to make space for an Emergency Hospital, and many did not return until well after the end of the War. Administration of the hospital passed to the National Health Service in 1948. By the early 1960s it was known by its final name of St John's Hospital. Patients were admitted from Harmston Hall Hospital when that hospital closed. St John's Hospital itself was closed in December 1989 with the remaining patients transferred to other establishments.

We arrived in Lincolnshire with glorious weather to heighten the spirits for the day ahead. But the temperature dropped somewhat once inside. It made a nice change to explore an Asylum that wasn't suffering at all from water ingress. In fact it was bone dry and very dusty. Since my last visit the floors have suffered badly indeed. And treading carefully was certainly the order of the day. This is still a great place to venture though.

A couple of externals to kick things off.

Admin Block
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Water and Ventilation Tower
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Chapel and the former Laundry Block.
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The Famous Staircase
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Corridor Of Crosses.
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Going Underground.
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I was amazed that even the tunnels had the wonderful honeycombed ceilings that are evident throughout the Asylum. And each honeycomb consists of one brick. Hard to imagine how many thousands were made.
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More from the interior.
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Watching you watching me
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And finally! Men at work.
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All in all a great day was had by all :thumb

The rest can be seen here

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Thanks for looking.

[evilnoodle]

It was a beautiful day, weatherwise, so some lovely externals. The golden stone looking stunning in the sun, and against the clear blue sky.

And here are a few of my pics.......

THE stairs!

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Lovely decaying paintwork

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Wonderful peely flakiness everywhere

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The hall

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Cash office

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And the beautiful exterior and water tower

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A lovely day out :)

[joybee]

they're ganging up on us now JB :( :( :thumbd

Yeah and Noods has made my arse look big!! :(

External
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Some spoooooky shots
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Guess who forgot her tripod?:fail
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The colours were lovely on the children's ward but made me rather anxious
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The burnt room
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Into the light
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[judderman62]

The Firm go mad in Lincoln.

OK so after silent and my early exit late last year thanks to Polish Man Mountain a re-visit to St. Johns had been on the cards for some time.

So a visit was arranged with all "firm" members and honorary member Joybee.

Everything was perfect on this trip - the weather was glorious, the brekkie Silent, JB and myself had was delicious and the explore was tops. Excellent company as always too.

So time to add my pics - now I did want to try to at least get some different pics or at least presented slightly differently but coming to the thread so late will limit my ability to do so.

Anyway here's my pics:

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well lets head on off inside now.

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nice big growth of fungus

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Lets head underground.

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meanwhile back above ground level

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I was amazed at the honeycombed ceilings and that they were made up of individual bricks - the whole place is full of these ceilings and even the underground tunnels. How long must this have taken ?

A great explore in all.

[SilentHill]

Cracking stuff mate and worth the wait :thumb

It was nice to see the floors had been cleaned up
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And the underground gate was nice to see
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When are we going back ;)