Former hospital, Bracebridge Heath
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Former hospital, Bracebridge Heath
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 17 Jun 2015
The main building of the former County Pauper Lunatic Asylum, built in 1849-52 by Hamilton & Medland, and then Hamilton and Thomas Percy. Grade II listed. Many later additions; it was later St John's Hospital. The hospital closed in 1989, and the site was here being redeveloped for housing. A surprising number of the original buildings have survived.
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Image Location
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53.197699
Longitude
-0.532818