Severalls Hospital, Colchester - May 09

Severalls Hospital in Colchester, Essex, UK was a psychiatric hospital built in 1910 which first opened in May 1913. The 300-acre (1.2 km2) site housed some 2000 patients and was based on the "Echelon plan" - a specific arrangement of wards, offices and services within easy reach of each other by a network of interconnecting corridors. This meant that staff were able to operate around the site without the need to go outside in bad weather. Unlike modern British hospitals, patients in Severalls were separated according to their gender. The architect of the asylum was Frank Whitmore.

Villas were constructed around the main hospital building as accommodation blocks between 1910 and 1935. Most of the buildings are in the Neo-Georgian style, with few architectural embellishments.

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What's left of the main hall

JParry89 said:

Hey! Class images!!
Can I ask how you got into Severalls? I tried several years ago for a college project and failed... now need to get in for a photo shoot with a band I manage.
Did you scale the fence or get permission?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Regards

Jon

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FieldyM said:

I suggest a teleporter....

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Dystopia said:

Just don't get one of those value ones from Tesco though whatever you do...my mate tried one and when he materialised, he was missing a limb. We keep on trying to get the bugger to materialise him properly but it just won't work! Tesco are refusing to give me a refund because apparently they cannot refund used teleporters for hygeine reasons.

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