Severals Asylum - May 2012

[nelly]

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
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The History
Severalls Hospital was the second Essex County Asylum - opening in 1913 to relieve pressure from the Warley Asylum.
Designed by F.Whithouse & W.H.Town, the site was continually added to between 1910 and 1935, and this is reflected in the different styles present.
The asylum was situated on 300 acres of the Severalls estate, which was sold to the Essex County Council in 1904 and its doors were opened to patients in 1913; at its peak it housed over 2000 patients, both in main wards and the outlaying villas.
Interestingly the chimney attached to the water tower was lowered by one third of its height during World War Two to prevent it being a hazard to crippled bombers landing at a nearby US airbase

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[Ninja Kitten]

cracking one!! i bloody need to get my butt down there and do it!

 

[UE-OMJ]

Can anyone really ever get bored of Sevs? I doubt it...

 

[Bambii]

cracking one!! i bloody need to get my butt down there and do it!

So do I!!!

 

[UEP-Wales]

A great set of pics there! I too need to get my backside up there, not long until I'm in the area ;-)

 

[Munchh]

Your photography and commentary is excellent as always nelly. Love the one-handed clock, 7ish. My mate had one like that and was late for everything.

Thanks for posting and glad to see you're looking better than you did in 'that other photo'

 

[nelly]

Your photography and commentary is excellent as always nelly. Love the one-handed clock, 7ish. My mate had one like that and was late for everything.

Thanks for posting and glad to see you're looking better than you did in 'that other photo'

Cheers Munchh, you must mean this one... all in a days urbex

 

[Munchh]

Cheers Munchh, you must mean this one... all in a days urbex

hehe that's the one. Secca seems to be saying something like "Buh blah blah buh blah blah blah de blah blah buh blah de blah" in a really loud voice. So it's either a summary of the attractions of Severalls he's giving you or his own personalised lecture on the dangers of playing in falling down buildings.

I hear you're clocking up another year on your mileage soon. Have a good one.

 

[flyboys90]

cheers munchh, you must mean this one... All in a days urbex

left right left right!!

 

[flyboys90]

Another great post Nelly,I,m surprised there is still a load of scrap in there?thanks for sharing.

 

[UrbanX]

Nice one, I never tire of seeing the place, especially with photos like these. Pure porn!
Oh Happy Birthday BTW!

 

[strider8173]

So do I!!!

i also need to..

 

[TeeJF]

Lovely stuff, lovely, lovely lovely stuff!

 

[skeleton key]

What a day mate so very ,very funny
What more could you ask for as this old girl has it all
Hey and a very happy Birthday mate ,All the very best

 

[night crawler]

Love those loooong corridors

 

[Sshhhh...]

Great pics, wanted to do this place for soo long!

 

[perjury saint]

Dont apologise! Could look at this place over and over and....

 

[godfrey]

great pics omg I used to work there in the stores departments ghost and all sorts seen around those corridoors lol

julian

 

[the kwan]

Fantastically NOT boring, I really do need to see this place..that Ivy window shot is the shizzle, thanks for sharing it!

 

[prettyvacant71]

Yeah never apologise for sevs pics!! Won't get board of her....we'll miss her wen shes gone. Sum really great shots, not seen the mortuary before, well done dude! Seen that bloody sec before though! Thanks for keepin her alive!!