Hellingly Hospital was a large mental hospital in the village of
Hellingly, east of Hailsham, in East Sussex, England. The hospital, also
known as East Sussex County Asylum or just Hellingly, was opened in
1903. Its architect was GT Hine, one of the great asylum architects of
the era.
The hospital boasted its own railway line, the Hellingly Hospital
Railway, used principally for transport of coal. This branch line led
from the main line to the boilerhouse. The hospital also had a vast
laundry, ball room, patients’ shop, sewing rooms, nurses home, extensive
grounds, and an advanced utilities network for its time, including a
large boilerhouse and a water tower. It followed the compact arrow plan
for the main hospital, with separate villas surrounding this.
The majority of the hospital closed throughout 1994, however, and to
this day much of the 25.4 hectare site stands derelict and extremely run
down, after suffering repeated vandalism and multiple arson attacks.
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