SEVERALLS, COLCHESTER

A Consortium consisting of Taylor Wimpey, Bloor Homes & Bellway completed on the purchase of former Severalls Hospital in Q1 2016 with the intention of developing the site for residential use.

The site is approximately 35ha in area and comprises the grounds and buildings of a former psychiatric hospital. The majority of the buildings within the central complex were built in 1910, with later buildings and extensions added in the following years. The grounds of the hospital complex are designated as a Registered Park and Garden and one of the administration buildings is Grade II listed which is to be retained as part of the proposed development.

K2 have been appointed to project manage and commercially manage the infrastructure of the scheme; comprising of groundworks, roads, footpaths, service mains and ducts, street lighting, road widening, demolition, public open spaces works and section 106 contributions.