Leybourne Grange - about as bad as it will get
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Leybourne Grange - about as bad as it will get
Image: © Richard Dorrell Taken: 7 Jan 2008
This house and many buildings in the grounds (extending to 270 acres) were a mental hospital for some 1200 residential patients. The hospital opened in 1936 and closed in 1996. The buildings have stood derelict since then, but demolition of most (and restoration of the Grange as flats) has just begun. New housing will be built on the rest of the site.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.30824
Longitude
0.407037