Monument record 0581800000 - COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM, STONE

Summary

Site of former nineteenth century county asylum at St John's Hospital, Stone

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Width 75m, Length 210m.
Large red brick building of 1852: architects, Wyatt & Brandon. Opened on 17th January 1853. Fire-proof construction with iron roofs & floors. Chapel on 1st floor. 260 patients in 1859 (B1).
Ground plan (B2).
Enlarged 1892, 1902 &C (B3).
Later became St John's Hospital (B4).
At NGR (B5).
RCHME photographic survey (B7).
Buildings report dated July 1991 held at NMR (B10).

Sources (15)

  • ---SBC17404 Aerial Photograph: 10/02/92. BCM A15/31/11. SP\779121. Yes.
  • <1>SBC14151 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P204.
  • <2>SBC2014 Bibliographic reference: 1854-1865. BUCKS COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM 1854-1865 ANNUAL REPORTS VOL 1 (COPY OF GROUND PLAN, FILED).
  • <3>SBC7046 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1939. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1939.
  • <4>SBC11740 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE P249.
  • <5>SBC10239 Map: OS 1879 1:2500 MAP (& SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS).
  • <6>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <7>SBC22484 Unpublished document: RCHME. 1991. St John's Hospital (National Buildings Record no. 100256).
  • <8>SBC6844 Unpublished document: Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit. 1996. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION AT THE FORMER ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL, STONE.
  • <9>SBC22360 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1998. English Hospitals 1660-1948: A Survey of Their Architecture and Design. p197.
  • <10>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF100256.
  • <11>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.
  • <12>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer.
  • <13>SBC25956 Bibliographic reference: 1854-1889. Annual reports on the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
  • <14>SBC25957 Bibliographic reference: John Crammer. 1990. Asylum History: Buckinghamshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum - St John's.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7782 1205 (220m by 170m)
Civil Parish STONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 10 2023 5:50PM

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