Up to 2,000 patients at a time lived at Severalls. During the hospital's early days, the intake criteria were rather warped: some women ended up confined to the wards for being raped or having an ...

Joe Mander filming in the morgue of the former Severalls Hospital (Image: Archant). The pair took in the whole hospital, including the morgue, and were also able to shoot some aerial footage after ...

After briefly housing elderly patients from Colchester General Hospital, Severalls shut its doors for good in 1997. Article content. Some of the Severalls buildings have since been demolished.

Severalls Hospital, in Colchester, closed in 1997 and the site has long been planned for homes. Outline planning permission was granted by Colchester Borough Council in 2006, ...

The Today programme's Nicola Stanbridge walks around the derelict Severalls Hospital with author James Scudamore.

The site of the former Severalls Hospital has been in decay since it closed in 1997, and now the land is being sold for redevelopment.

The Today programme's Nicola Stanbridge walks around the derelict Severalls Hospital with author James Scudamore.