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The Grade II Listed Charlesworth Monument, The Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
A life-size marble figure of Dr Edward Parker Charlesworth, by Thomas Milnes of London, and erected a year after Charlesworths. Charlesworth was physician and life governor of the Lawn Hospital from 1820 until his death in 1853. Unveiled 12 July 1854 by John Conolly.
The Lawn, is an early 19th century Greek revival building which began its life as a lunatic asylum designed by Richard Ingleman off Union Road, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. It comprises a number of notable buildings, a hotel, rose garden and children's play area, set within a large lawn. The Sir Joseph Banks Conservatory is an attraction for visitors, a hothouse containing exhibits categorised by Banks on his voyages with Captain James Cook.
After initial fundraising, the site was bought in 1809; and Richard Ingleman, architect of Nottingham Asylum, was brought in. After delay caused by indecision on the management of the asylum, independent of the county magistrates, the subscribers went ahead in 1817, and the building opened as a hospital in April 1820. The Lawn continued to provide psychiatric inpatient facilities until closed by the NHS in 1985.
The City of Lincoln Council purchased the Lawn Hospital including the grounds on 13 March 1986 from The Secretary of State for Social Services for £425,000.00 and, following extensive refurbishment, the Lawn complex was officially opened on 20 November 1990. It operated as a catering and event venue under council control for some years until, in October 2011, a decision was made to sell it.
In late 2014 RW Stokes and Sons Ltd, the owners of Stokes Coffee and High Bridge Cafe in Lincoln, were annouced as the preferred bidder. The company will make The Lawn an operational outlet for Stokes Tea and Coffee, with a roastery, café, barista training and wholesale sales. Additionally, they will create a high quality restaurant with new car parking spaces on the upper part of the west lawn.
Previously the complex housed military regimental museums and a museum about the Roman colony Lindum Colonia, from which Lincoln takes its name. The main building is now run as a conference centre. The previous accommodation building for nurses and doctors is now a boutique hotel with an orangery and events area.
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The Grade II Listed Charlesworth Monument, The Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
A life-size marble figure of Dr Edward Parker Charlesworth, by Thomas Milnes of London, and erected a year after Charlesworths. Charlesworth was physician and life governor of the Lawn Hospital from 1820 until his death in 1853. Unveiled 12 July 1854 by John Conolly.
The Lawn, is an early 19th century Greek revival building which began its life as a lunatic asylum designed by Richard Ingleman off Union Road, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. It comprises a number of notable buildings, a hotel, rose garden and children's play area, set within a large lawn. The Sir Joseph Banks Conservatory is an attraction for visitors, a hothouse containing exhibits categorised by Banks on his voyages with Captain James Cook.
After initial fundraising, the site was bought in 1809; and Richard Ingleman, architect of Nottingham Asylum, was brought in. After delay caused by indecision on the management of the asylum, independent of the county magistrates, the subscribers went ahead in 1817, and the building opened as a hospital in April 1820. The Lawn continued to provide psychiatric inpatient facilities until closed by the NHS in 1985.
The City of Lincoln Council purchased the Lawn Hospital including the grounds on 13 March 1986 from The Secretary of State for Social Services for £425,000.00 and, following extensive refurbishment, the Lawn complex was officially opened on 20 November 1990. It operated as a catering and event venue under council control for some years until, in October 2011, a decision was made to sell it.
In late 2014 RW Stokes and Sons Ltd, the owners of Stokes Coffee and High Bridge Cafe in Lincoln, were annouced as the preferred bidder. The company will make The Lawn an operational outlet for Stokes Tea and Coffee, with a roastery, café, barista training and wholesale sales. Additionally, they will create a high quality restaurant with new car parking spaces on the upper part of the west lawn.
Previously the complex housed military regimental museums and a museum about the Roman colony Lindum Colonia, from which Lincoln takes its name. The main building is now run as a conference centre. The previous accommodation building for nurses and doctors is now a boutique hotel with an orangery and events area.