Annotated hand-tinted labelled sheet of drawings of the Epileptic Block for Women at 'Bracebridge Asylum', with key

Date:: Nov 1901

Location:: Bracebridge Asylum, Canwick Avenue, Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire; Show all locations

Lincolnshire County Asylum, Canwick Avenue, Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire

Bracebridge Mental Hospital, Canwick Avenue, Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire

Bracebridge Heath Hospital, Canwick Avenue, Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire

St John's Hospital, Canwick Avenue, Bracebridge Heath, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire

Reference:: MD000173

Type:: Measured Drawing

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The drawing contains plans of the ground and first floors and external sections A-B and C-D.

The hospital opened as the ‘Lincolnshire County Lunatic Asylum’ or ‘Lincolnshire County Asylum’ in 1852. It was expanded several times in the late 19th century. The site was later known as ‘Bracebridge Asylum’. The hospital was renamed ‘Bracebridge Mental Hospital’ in 1919, and later ‘Bracebridge Heath Hospital’ in 1939. In 1961 it was renamed St John’s Hospital. The hospital closed in 1989.

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This is part of the Collection: WWA01 Drawings Of 'Bracebridge Asylum', Or 'Bracebridge Mental Hospital', Donated By Wentworth Andersen Property Developers

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Victorian Psychiatric Hospital