Locally Listed Building: Former Rampton Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Rampton Hospital, Woodbeck (2869)

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Authority Bassetlaw District Council
Date assigned 31 December 2020
Date last amended

Description

Former Rampton Criminal Lunatic Asylum, now part of Rampton Hospital, built as an expansion to Broadmoor Asylum in Berkshire, received its first patients (from Broadmoor) on 1st October 1912; designed by Francis William Troup (of London) in the pavilion hospital style, red brick with mostly natural slate roof, three storeys, comprises main west-to-east wing, 4 main cross wings at 90 degrees along its length, each cross-wing has a disctinctive canted terminus; became the Rampton State Institute for Mental Defectives on 1st March 1920, with numerous alterations carried out by the Office of Works designed by their Architect John Hatton Markham (see also refs: 2870 and 2871)

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Sources (1)

  • Unpublished document: Bassetlaw District Council. 2020. Bassetlaw Local List.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 77552 77637 (296m by 143m) Imported from BassetlawNDHA_List TAB file
Map sheet SK77NE
District Bassetlaw

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Record last edited

Feb 13 2026 3:27PM

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