Severalls Asylum was built in 1913. It closed in the late 1990s. In it’s heyday it housed 2000 patients; some of which were used in experimental medical tests/operations. More information about the hospital can be found on Wikipedia.
This article is the result of a few visits between 2006 and 2007. A seperate report exists for Myland Court.
Some views of the asylum buildings first…
Corridors
The intricate network of corridors at Severalls are by far the highglight of a trip here. They’re all different colours yet somehow manage to be rather gloomy. The corridors are also rather eerie – the wind banging doors constantly makes you think that someone’s going to jump out at you at any point.
Wards
Obviously the corridors led somewhere, invariably wards and other rooms…
Toilets & Stuff
There are hundreds of toilets, baths and sinks in the hospital. All were rather interesting.
Nurses Home
This is where the nurses would have lived (!) and their rooms were quite luxurious compared to those of the patients. They even had fireplaces!
Admin
The grand administration building is the main entrance to the asylum. It was wonderfully ornate, but has sadly been attacked by arsonists. There are a few nice features left, like the staircase and some floors.
Water tower, Boiler House & Engineering
Wherever you are in the asylum you can’t fail to notice the huge water tower. There are a few floors all containing huge metal tanks to store the water. The base of the tower is flooded, which makes access interesting!
Severalls is massive – the one place you can appreciate the size is from the top of the water tower!
One hall at the base of the tower contained five huge boilers – these were dismantled in Autumn 2006…
Kitchen
The kitchen was huge. It had to be – it used to cater for 2000 residents…
Stores & Services
Some more big empty rooms, mainly used to store things like laundry and supplies. One contained some sterilisation machines for hospital equipment.
Operating Theatres
Being a hospital, there obviously had to be a place to do operations. The theatres are now bare, and some are burnt out.
Other stuff
Finally some random bits at the asylum. This little collection includes the mortuary body fridges, main hall (now rubble after an arson attack) and some underground service tunnels…
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Very nice pictures mate!!!
Loving the Metal Polish tin pic!
cool pics and site, im hooked on Opacity site at the mo.
Thanks Chel
I don’t think I’m up to Opacity’s standard. Yet…
Hi!
Just stumbled across your website. Was also in Severalls on Sunday (29th.), from about 11am till 3pm. Spent ablout half an hour running from someone I assumed was Security, driving around in a blue car! Did you see him? After that, I made a hasty exit!! Can be funny if the “did you hear someone else?” turns out to be fellow Urban Explorers!!! Some brilliant “recces” so far -keep up the good work, but keep safe!
P.s. -will be adding a link to your site from mine soon.
All the best, Lightbuoy.
Thanks Lightbouy – we saw that someone had been in or out whilst we were in! Didn’t see any security though
great pics mate,i used to work on this site many years a go now,shame to see it in this state.
dave
Hello
Great site, very moving pics…I was there today ( saturday 14th 2007 ) with a friend and we shot around 150 pictures in and around the buildings…we never found thye chapel or the morgue though ( did you notice the big pile of door knobs !? weird ). Just one thing though….how did you get through the fences ? We managed to squeeze through a section that had been jammed by a rock…but we only just managed it…is that the easiest way to get in ?? I’ll send you some pics once I have converted them from raw if you like ?
Antony
Lived nearby. I remember a ‘friend’ riding his Kawasaki KH250 into the hospital and right through the corridors one night after a party. Perhaps I’m on my own here but people rarely ever called Severalls an ‘asylum’. It housed regular surgical wards as well as being a ‘mental hospital.
this is a brilliant site hun! Really well thought out and fun to go through and your photos are brilliant!
I love Urbex, but being a married mum whose also trying for another baby, it’s not wise for me to physically go on any urbex expeditions anymore, so this is the next best thing, so thanks for sharing ~ just make sure you keep safe xx
These photos and the explanations are brilliant.
Have you tried watching or maybe posting Urbex videos on youtube? I discovered some when I was bored one night and there’s some fatastic footage, especially Danvers State Hospital, where the movie Session 9 was filmed.
We’re planning an exploration to this site this coming week – 13/10/2007
Looks like a fantastic place to explore. We’re all practitioners of Parkour, so we should get some fantastic shots.
-Brad
i want to visit it really badly now looks so interesting
I spent 6 weeks at Severalls in summer 1984, nervous breakdown. Yes the grounds were beautiful, the staff wonderful, and without the hospital god knows how I would have coped at the worst time of my life. I remember severalls fondly. It is such a tragic shame it closed and I fear for the people who need this place so badly.
How do you get in?
My friends have been trying but couldnt find a way into the proper buildings.
Apparently theres a hole to climb through?