Devastating Fire at Derelict St Andrew’s Lunatic Asylum in Norwich drone footage of charred remains!

St Andrew’s Hospital was a mental health facility in Thorpe St Andrew in Norwich. It was said to be the oldest mental hospital in Britain. Originally opening as the Norfolk County Asylum in May 1814, wings to the ward blocks were added in 1849 and a large auxiliary building for chronic patients was completed in 1881. After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in April 1998. After closure the original site to the south was turned into housing. The remaining annexe site was placed up for sale and continued to be partially used as offices until 2013 before it was sold and partially demolished. Today only the central section of the auxiliary building remains. Sadly in the early hours of Thursday 19th October 2023 a huge fire caused colossal damage to the building. See video below for drone footage of the precarious structure before and after the destructive blaze.

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