I visited this grand old hall this week after seeing some old reports, it must have been impressive in its day and made an interesting explore. The main house remains dangerous but can be looked around with care and there is still some of the upstairs accessible. The downstairs cellars and rear corridors are the best bit to explore but remember a torch as i didn't ! I also intended to explore the hospital but for reasons explained later i couldn't. apologies now for some photos in the hospital explanation but think they were worth showing.
firstly some history of Nocton and then my pictures:
Nocton Hall is a historic listed building in the village of Nocton, in Lincolnshire, England. Originally constructed for the Ellys family, it burnt down in 1834 and was rebuilt in 1841 for the first Earl of Ripon, who lived at the steward's house in Nocton while the house was being built. The US Army's 7th General Hospital was based at Nocton Hall during World War Two.
In the mid 1980s Torrie Richardson bought Nocton Hall, the surrounding wood, woodland, grassland and cottages. Selling the cottages on for redevelopment allowed him to develop Nocton Hall as a Residential Home. Nocton Hall Residential home ran a summer fête for the village on their lawn and employed many local people. Torrie's son, Gary, took control of the business in the early 1990s. The home ran into difficulty and closed in the mid 1990s, and was sold by the receivers to new owners, Leda Properties of Oxford. Leda also bought the RAF Hospital site from the Ministry of Defence.
While vacant there were many break-ins; fireplaces and the stair bannisters were stolen. It unfortunately was burnt down for a second time in the early hours of 24 October 2004, the fire reducing it to a shell. The investigation into the fire established that multiple fires had been set, but to date no one has been charged with arson. Due to the extensive structural damage it will now likely need to be rebuilt, if the site is not redeveloped for another purpose.
As I said earlier I intended to explore the hospital as well and headed off into the woods to a known access point, as I walked along the fence line i noticed that various access points had been rewired back up and a dead rabbit strung into the fence , I take it to deter people from reusing them, can't say I was particularly impressed at the use of them and the smell and look was none to pleasant, i took a couple of pictures to post on here, put a bit of a negative vibe on my day if I am honest.
Thanks for looking
firstly some history of Nocton and then my pictures:
Nocton Hall is a historic listed building in the village of Nocton, in Lincolnshire, England. Originally constructed for the Ellys family, it burnt down in 1834 and was rebuilt in 1841 for the first Earl of Ripon, who lived at the steward's house in Nocton while the house was being built. The US Army's 7th General Hospital was based at Nocton Hall during World War Two.
In the mid 1980s Torrie Richardson bought Nocton Hall, the surrounding wood, woodland, grassland and cottages. Selling the cottages on for redevelopment allowed him to develop Nocton Hall as a Residential Home. Nocton Hall Residential home ran a summer fête for the village on their lawn and employed many local people. Torrie's son, Gary, took control of the business in the early 1990s. The home ran into difficulty and closed in the mid 1990s, and was sold by the receivers to new owners, Leda Properties of Oxford. Leda also bought the RAF Hospital site from the Ministry of Defence.
While vacant there were many break-ins; fireplaces and the stair bannisters were stolen. It unfortunately was burnt down for a second time in the early hours of 24 October 2004, the fire reducing it to a shell. The investigation into the fire established that multiple fires had been set, but to date no one has been charged with arson. Due to the extensive structural damage it will now likely need to be rebuilt, if the site is not redeveloped for another purpose.
As I said earlier I intended to explore the hospital as well and headed off into the woods to a known access point, as I walked along the fence line i noticed that various access points had been rewired back up and a dead rabbit strung into the fence , I take it to deter people from reusing them, can't say I was particularly impressed at the use of them and the smell and look was none to pleasant, i took a couple of pictures to post on here, put a bit of a negative vibe on my day if I am honest.
Thanks for looking
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