My first post so here goes...Mods..if I've cocked it up please be gentle..
I'm sure you all know about Sevs so I won't bore you with the history..
We drove to Severalls from a sunny but chilly corner of Kent in lovely blue sunshine and arrived to find it dull and very much overcast! This...
If you want to go here; be quick!! It is being worked on, demolition! I said I'd go back here, but havent been back since.. That was about 3 years ago! haha
This was the last site of our 3/4 day roadtrip. It was a really good little trip and we got quite a bit done, followed up some leads, some...
Severalls Hospital, a large Edwardian asylum, opened in 1913 for 1800 patients. It is based on the "echelon plan", which is a specific arrangement of wards, offices and services within easy reach of each other by a network of interconnecting corridors. Villas were constructed around the main...
Severalls Hospital in Colchester, Essex was a psychiatric hospital built in 1910 to the design of architect Frank Whitmore. It opened in May 1913.
The 300-acre site housed some 2000 patients and was based on the "Echelon plan" - a specific arrangement of wards, offices and services within easy...
Firstly, I am sooooo sorry to have to bore you with another Sevs report, but I love the place.
It's all sort of corridor, peely paint, damp crotch, derelict porn!!!!
So here it it..........
Another epic day out with Skeleton Key, Mimi, Trog and Peaches...
Well I finally managed to drag my arse up here and take a look at the place. I've been meaning to do this for years, so when Raptor Jesus and me were contemplating how to fill what would otherwise have been a fairly boring Sunday, a text from Kent Urbex asking if I knew what the state of play...
visited with obscurity and wevsky
a little history .....
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...
Yep another sevs report.we havnt done it so after the news of the plans for the place a decision was made and we headed up for our first explore of the day!
Now Obscurity has been bust at the fence before so was looking to get it done,and done it was we used our urbex trampoline to deal with...
One of the most impressive things that I have ever seen. The size of the place and the sheer scale cannot be described, the corridors that stretch seemingly for miles and the surprises that await around every corner.
The History
Severalls Hospital was the second Essex County Asylum - opening...
Visited this place last year, fantastic place and a great explore, sadly I don't think there is much left now, Enjoy the pics.
The demolished hall
One of the many corridors.
The water tower, comical entrance and what a view from the top.
Some of the artwork on the walls was...