Severalls Hospital - June 2012

[daimo_45]

Severalls Hospital in Colchester, Essex, UK was a psychiatric hospital built in 1910 to the design of architect Frank Whitmore. It 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. Villas were constructed around the main hospital building as accommodation blocks between 1910 and 1935

I'd not been to an asylum for over 6 months and Sevs reaffirmed why asylums are my favourite 'splores! Lasted 5 hours before the master tracker caught us!


Bath time by Daimo_45, on Flickr


Class in session by Daimo_45, on Flickr


Corridor by Daimo_45, on Flickr


Corridor by Daimo_45, on Flickr


Corridor by Daimo_45, on Flickr


Body chiller by Daimo_45, on Flickr


Body chiller by Daimo_45, on Flickr


Body chiller by Daimo_45, on Flickr


Inmates by Daimo_45, on Flickr


Colourful corridor by Daimo_45, on Flickr

 

[Bones out]

Good work,

The master tracker is such a nice fella don't you think

 

[freespirits]

wicked site and great pics ,,,very nice ,loving the chillers

 

[Pen15]

Loving the HDR, great set of images

 

[UEP-Wales]

Nice shots and great balance on the edits

Cheers for posting them up!

 

[UrbanX]

Nicely composed shots, processing a bit too OTT for me, but it's taste really, but selection and composition is spot on.

 

[strider8173]

nice work dude. i really gotta get up to this place.

 

[BahrainPete]

Some great pics there, and nicely compossed .

 

[flyboys90]

Great photos showing the extent of the decay now,thanks for sharing.