Cane Hill
Cane Hill was a psychiatric hospital in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. (grid reference TQ291587) Built to care for patients in the eastern part of Surrey, remote from the Springfield and Brookwood Asylums, it opened in 1882 as the Third Surrey County Lunatic Asylum. Following a gradual winding down of operations, it closed all but its secure unit by late 1991. It formerly housed up to 2,000 patients, but with Care in the Community, modern medication and the Mental Health Act (1983), it was almost empty by the time of its closure.
On the 13th November 2010 a fire took hold in the administration block and went on to destroy all but the front facade of the building. The fire also destroyed the iconic clock tower. There are now plans to redevolp the area although the fate of the remaining buildings is still not clear.
On the 13th November 2010 a fire took hold in the administration block and went on to destroy all but the front facade of the building. The fire also destroyed the iconic clock tower. There are now plans to redevolp the area although the fate of the remaining buildings is still not clear.
