updates / March 22, 2026

Rauceby Asylum: Haunting images show inside of derelict Victorian-era asylum

THESE eerie photos show the collapsing remains of a derelict mental asylum which housed adults and children until 1998.

The former hospital building and chapel are now abandoned and covered in dust and graffiti.

Lincolnshire's Rauceby Asylum was founded in 1897 and served primarily as a mental hospital for over a century.

Photographer Simon Robson visited the abandoned site to explore and capture the haunting remains — Photographer Simon Robson visited the abandoned site to explore and capture the haunting remainsCredit: Caters News Agency

The gardens are untended and the buildings have become derelict after no use for almost two decades — The gardens are untended and the buildings have become derelict after no use for almost two decadesCredit: Caters News Agency

The empty rooms are haunting after more than a century of use - windows and walls have gone leaving the building exposed — The empty rooms are haunting after more than a century of use - windows and walls have gone leaving the building exposedCredit: Caters News Agency

The chapel has fared slightly better and has less graffiti and looks like it is holding together a bit better — The chapel has fared slightly better and has less graffiti and looks like it is holding together a bit betterCredit: Caters News Agency

Trespassers have left their mark on the old building, now covered in dust and graffiti, where mentally ill children and adults once stayed — Trespassers have left their mark on the old building, now covered in dust and graffiti, where mentally ill children and adults once stayedCredit: Caters News Agency

A single tractor tyre from the asylum's farm site lies across an almost-hidden path that used to lead to the entrance — A single tractor tyre from the asylum's farm site lies across an almost-hidden path that used to lead to the entranceCredit: Caters News Agency

During the Second World War, it also served as a crash and burns unit for nearby RAF Cranwell — During the Second World War, it also served as a crash and burns unit for nearby RAF CranwellCredit: Caters News Agency

There is only one medical bed, and one bathroom with three broken stalls left — There is only one medical bed, and one bathroom with three broken stalls leftCredit: Caters News Agency

Lincolnshire's Rauceby Asylum was founded in 1897 and served primarily as a mental hospital for over a century, finally closing its doors in 1998 — Lincolnshire's Rauceby Asylum was founded in 1897 and served primarily as a mental hospital for over a century, finally closing its doors in 1998Credit: Caters News Agency

In 2004, part of the site and the surrounding area was bought by a developer, which turned it into a residential area now knowns as Greylees — In 2004, part of the site and the surrounding area was bought by a developer, which turned it into a residential area now knowns as GreyleesCredit: Caters News Agency

The empty corridors and rooms feel full of the ghosts of the people who once lived and worked among these buildings — The empty corridors and rooms feel full of the ghosts of the people who once lived and worked among these buildingsCredit: Caters News Agency

It is boarded up and left abandoned now, with only the shell of the building left as a reminder of its previous use as a mental asylum — It is boarded up and left abandoned now, with only the shell of the building left as a reminder of its previous use as a mental asylumCredit: Caters News Agency

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