Monument record MLI81658 - Rauceby Hospital and grounds
Summary
Rauceby Hospital is a 19th century psychiatric hospital. The grounds have been added to the Register of Parks and Gardens.
Type and Period (6)
- PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (Edwardian to 21st Century - 1902 AD to 2050 AD)
- HOSPITAL (Edwardian to 21st Century - 1902 AD to 2050 AD)
- OFFICE (Edwardian to 21st Century - 1902 AD to 2050 AD)
- CHAPEL (Edwardian to 21st Century - 1902 AD to 2050 AD)
- GARDEN (Edwardian to 21st Century - 1902 AD to 2050 AD)
- PARK (Edwardian to 21st Century - 1902 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
The Kesteven County Lunatic Asylum, situated near South Rauceby, in Sleaford parish, was designed in 1898 by the asylum designer George T. Hine, to supplement the provision offered by the Lincolnshire county asylum at Bracebridge Heath. The Kesteven asylum was intended to serve the pauper agricultural population of rural Lincolnshire. A 112 acre agricultural estate in Quarrington Glebe was acquired in the late 1890s at £50 per acre. Hine produced a design to accomodate c.420 patients, the ward pavilions being laid out in echelon arrangement to form a broad arrow plan. The echelon style, developed in the 1870s and 80s, had by this date become the common pattern for asylum buildings. The buildings also include a Tudor-style administration block with a water tower to the south-east. There was also a chapel and an isolation hospital. The wards were intended each to be occupied by a different medical class of patient. The airing courts were arranged adjacent to the wards as in earlier 19th century asylum designs, and the parkland, including a farm, enclosed the buildings and courts. The asylum opened to patients on 20th June 1902. It was renamed the Kesteven Mental Hospital in 1922, and Rauceby Hospital in 1948, and it closed in the late 1990s, and in 2000 was awaiting redevelopment. {1}{2}
The park around the asylum is a registered parkland and is recorded on the c.1905 Ordnance Survey map. {3}{4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.667.
- <2> SLI9532 Bibliographic Reference: Harriet Richardson. 1998. English Hospitals 1660-1948: A Survey of their Architecture and Design. p.207.
- <3> SLI13386 Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1001471.
- <4> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. TF 04 SW.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 041 441 (791m by 1013m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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