Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne

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Country England
Local Authority Bracknell Forest (UA)
Historic County Berkshire
District (UA)
Parish Crowthorne
Grid ref SU 8564
Area (ha.) 130
Type of place B3
  Mid C19 asylum, built for the criminally insane to designs by Joshua Jebb and opened in 1863. The extensive contemporary grounds include large, formal terraces leading down to a vast former kitchen garden, surrounded by high walls, beyond which lies ornamented farmland.


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This page was last updated on 21 January 2002 and is from the U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens. See our home page.