• St John’s Asylum in Lincolnshire – which has been derelict since 1990 – was known for its electric shock treatment
  
• Photographs captured by student Jonathon Tattersall after he visited now-derelict hospital which was built in 1852
• Administration of hospital passed to the NHS in 1948 and by 1960s it was known by final name of St John’s Hospital

With paint peeling from the walls and doors left to rot, these eerie photographs provide a fascinating insight inside an abandoned mental hospital.

St John’s Asylum in Lincolnshire was known for its electric shock treatment – and rife with stories about inmates committing suicide in their padded cells.

These pictures were captured by student Jonathon Tattersall, 22, after he visited the now-derelict hospital to get a closer look of what remained inside.

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