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1. The History
The former Grantham Police Station is located close to the town centre on a site extending over 4 acres. It includes the large, mid-19th century Stonebridge House, grade II-listed house with traditional outbuildings, later extensions and nine former police houses.
It was the base for Lincolnshire Police’s south division for many years, until the force outgrew the building and associated nine houses. The Grantham Police Station was then relocated in 2007 to new premises at Swingbridge Road leaving the former site surplus to requirements.
Constructed in limestone ashlar with hipped slate roof, it was originally built as a house in 1858 for John Hardy, a local banker and founder of the local banking house of Hardy and Co. In 1931 the house was purchased by Mrs Dorothy Schwind, daughter of a local brewer, Col. Hutchinson. In 1940 the house was used by Camden High School for Girls and then by the Spitalgate School for Boys. In 1951 it was purchased by the Kesteven Standing Joint Committee for the Lincolnshire Police and was converted into offices around 1959.
Stonebridge House was listed in 2005. In July 2012 the site was sold to Grantham college. The £52 million redevelopment could be completed by the start of the 2017/18 academic year. Stonebridge House, due to its listed status will be retained and used as teaching space by the college while the rest of the site will be demolished and developed by new build.
2. The Explore:
Nothing too much to get excited about as this is a ‘live’ site about to undergo redevelopment and hence pretty much everything is sealed here. The former police houses are on the periphery of the site but not that interesting. Stonebridge House is far more pleasing on the eye but subject to intense CCTV scrutiny. Hence it’s just externals for this one I’m afraid. Given this place hasn’t been done before, though, I guessed something is better than nothing.
3. The Pictures:
First the nine former police houses:
img8897 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img8898 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img8902 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img8896 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img8895 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img8893 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img8891bw by HughieDW, on Flickr
img8890 by HughieDW, on Flickr
And then a few of Stonebridge House:
img8903 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img8904 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img8900 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img8908 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img8907 by HughieDW, on Flickr
The former Grantham Police Station is located close to the town centre on a site extending over 4 acres. It includes the large, mid-19th century Stonebridge House, grade II-listed house with traditional outbuildings, later extensions and nine former police houses.
It was the base for Lincolnshire Police’s south division for many years, until the force outgrew the building and associated nine houses. The Grantham Police Station was then relocated in 2007 to new premises at Swingbridge Road leaving the former site surplus to requirements.
Constructed in limestone ashlar with hipped slate roof, it was originally built as a house in 1858 for John Hardy, a local banker and founder of the local banking house of Hardy and Co. In 1931 the house was purchased by Mrs Dorothy Schwind, daughter of a local brewer, Col. Hutchinson. In 1940 the house was used by Camden High School for Girls and then by the Spitalgate School for Boys. In 1951 it was purchased by the Kesteven Standing Joint Committee for the Lincolnshire Police and was converted into offices around 1959.
Stonebridge House was listed in 2005. In July 2012 the site was sold to Grantham college. The £52 million redevelopment could be completed by the start of the 2017/18 academic year. Stonebridge House, due to its listed status will be retained and used as teaching space by the college while the rest of the site will be demolished and developed by new build.
2. The Explore:
Nothing too much to get excited about as this is a ‘live’ site about to undergo redevelopment and hence pretty much everything is sealed here. The former police houses are on the periphery of the site but not that interesting. Stonebridge House is far more pleasing on the eye but subject to intense CCTV scrutiny. Hence it’s just externals for this one I’m afraid. Given this place hasn’t been done before, though, I guessed something is better than nothing.
3. The Pictures:
First the nine former police houses:
![32185699513_d36938964f_b.jpg 32185699513_d36938964f_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216368-32185699513-d36938964f-b.jpg)
![33001248535_20903afcb1_b.jpg 33001248535_20903afcb1_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216369-33001248535-20903afcb1-b.jpg)
![32875381271_8d800d537e_b.jpg 32875381271_8d800d537e_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216370-32875381271-8d800d537e-b.jpg)
![32156173994_7319fdbe18_b.jpg 32156173994_7319fdbe18_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216371-32156173994-7319fdbe18-b.jpg)
![33001332105_1b1cc51164_b.jpg 33001332105_1b1cc51164_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216372-33001332105-1b1cc51164-b.jpg)
![32875525921_7fb32b886f_b.jpg 32875525921_7fb32b886f_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216373-32875525921-7fb32b886f-b.jpg)
![32959759126_a733b3964e_b.jpg 32959759126_a733b3964e_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216374-32959759126-a733b3964e-b.jpg)
![32959806176_dc490dd198_b.jpg 32959806176_dc490dd198_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216375-32959806176-dc490dd198-b.jpg)
And then a few of Stonebridge House:
![32619046770_2c0d4bfe9c_b.jpg 32619046770_2c0d4bfe9c_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216376-32619046770-2c0d4bfe9c-b.jpg)
![32156043254_92072b8c99_b.jpg 32156043254_92072b8c99_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216377-32156043254-92072b8c99-b.jpg)
![32875201951_b59d220a23_b.jpg 32875201951_b59d220a23_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216378-32875201951-b59d220a23-b.jpg)
![32845823032_9b0215ced8_b.jpg 32845823032_9b0215ced8_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216379-32845823032-9b0215ced8-b.jpg)
![32185547483_f278922246_b.jpg 32185547483_f278922246_b.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/216/216380-32185547483-f278922246-b.jpg)