Severalls Asylum - Colchester

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Midnight

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Severalls asylum has taken some beatings within the last couple of years from arson, natural decay and the elements... here are some photos from my last few visits... heres some history on the site... visited with jonboy and RA

Built 1910
Opened 1913
Closed 1997
Severalls was based on the 'Echelon Plan' Where the offices, Admin and wards were in reach of each other connecting them via interconnecting corridors. The Accomodation blocks soon followed the hospital being built between 1910 and 1935.. The hospital was then shut down due to the closures of a range of psychiatric institutions. Severalls is a typical design for an asylum from that day and age, with a lot of others i.e. Hellingly or Cane Hill finding the Corridor design very useful. The current status of the site is in the air at the moment.. Planning permission has apparently gone through but construction will not start for a while yet. An amazing explore if anyone has a chance to do it.

Bit of light painting
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Ghostin it up near admin!!!
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Hi Midnight, Interesting stuff

I've picked out the photos that I think work within the set.


It can be really difficult to do something new when photographing somewhere that has been photographed by many, So its great that your trying to do something different with your images. I take it they were deliberate rather than accidental?
 
Thanks guys for ur comments.. yeah i meant to give the corridors that feel... i thought that severalls has been done .. be nice to see it in a different light... not to say it didnt take a few shots to get to them ;) Ive got one more for you

Inside Admin
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