Me Siobhan Kris and Richard take a trip to Raucby Asylum as it’s now open to explore. Here is some info on Raucby Asylum.
An isolation unit, built in 1919 on the western edge of the site was never used as such; instead it housed those residents working on the farm.[1] The facility became Kesteven Mental Hospital in 1924 and Rauceby Mental Hospital in 1933.
In 1940 the building was taken over by the Royal Air Force; renamed as No.4 RAF Hospital Rauceby, it became a crash and burns unit under the control of nearby RAF Cranwell. During its tenure as a burns unit plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe worked at the facility, along with other members of the "Guinea Pig Club". The wartime Burns Unit was situated in Orchard House, built alongside the hospital orchard.
There was a major fire in the hall in 1945 and it was badly damaged although it was subsequently restored. The RAF handed the hospital back for civilian use in 1947 and it joined the National Health Service as Rauceby Hospital in 1948 although patients did not actually return until 1949.