Rauceby Hospital

Rauceby Hospital, Arran Close, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 8FY, United Kingdom

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The haunting

Rauceby Hospital began life as the Kesteven County Asylum, serving the local area as a psychiatric hospital. ◆ The hospital site developed into a large complex with numerous buildings. ◆ It later became known as Rauceby Hospital. ◆ The hospital eventually closed, and much of the former site has since been redeveloped as housing. ◆ A number of historic buildings survived for a time, including the old chapel. ◆ The hospital has become particularly well known locally for its ghost stories and has attracted paranormal investigators over the years. A 2017 paranormal investigation account described the former hospital as a “deserted and haunted” site, although by then much of the land was already being redeveloped

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Reported / claimed activity

.HE GHOST OF BERT One of the best-known reported spirits is a man called Bert. According to local paranormal accounts: ◆ Bert is said to appear on the top floor of the former admissions unit. ◆ He is believed to be connected with the hospital's past. ◆ Visitors and investigators have reported sensing or seeing his presence. ◆ He is one of the named spirits traditionally associated with Rauceby Hospital. The Lincolnshire paranormal tradition specifically identifies Bert as one of the hospital's reported ghosts. THE MAID Another reported spirit is that of a young maid. Her story is much less clearly documented, but paranormal accounts describe her as another presence associated with the old hospital. ◆ A female apparition has reportedly been encountered inside the former hospital. ◆ She is sometimes described simply as “the Maid.” ◆ Her identity and history have become part of the site's ghost lore. THE FACELESS MAN This is probably the creepiest of the Rauceby stories... A faceless figure is said to haunt the former hospital. According to local accounts: ◆ The figure appears as a human-shaped presence. ◆ Its most disturbing characteristic is its lack of facial features. ◆ Witnesses have reportedly heard a deep or disturbing groaning sound associated with the figure. ◆ The figure is said to appear suddenly before disappearing back into the darkness. The Lincolnshire.org account specifically records a faceless man who makes a disturbing groaning noise before vanishing.

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Historical background

◆ Rauceby Hospital began as the Kesteven County Asylum, created because the newly formed Kesteven authorities needed their own institution for people requiring psychiatric care. The decision to establish the asylum dates back to 1894, when Kesteven County Council began making arrangements for its own hospital. ◆ Before Rauceby opened, Kesteven used a temporary asylum in a former workhouse in Grantham. The authorities purchased a much larger site at Quarrington Glebe, near South Rauceby, for the permanent hospital. ◆ The land covered approximately 112 acres and was previously agricultural land. It was deliberately chosen because it provided space for the hospital, gardens, recreation areas and a working farm. ◆ The hospital was designed by the prominent asylum architect George Thomas Hine, whose designs were influenced by the idea that different groups of patients should have separate accommodation while still being part of one large institution. ◆ Its unusual “echelon” or broad-arrow layout consisted of wards arranged at angles behind the central administration building. This style was commonly used in psychiatric hospitals at the time because it allowed different categories of patients to be separated while giving the wards access to fresh air and outdoor spaces. ◆ The original plans were intended to accommodate around 420 patients. There were separate wards for different medical categories, including people who were sick or infirm, recent and acute cases, and people with epilepsy

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Lincolnshire.orgLocal history source · Lincolnshire.org
Reports of Bert, the Maid and the Faceless Man
Haunted LincolnshireInvestigation report · The Midknight Garden
Rauceby Hospital

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