File:ECR(1851) p62b - Colchester railway station and Essex Hall asylum.jpg

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The railway line and a representation of Colchester railway station, built in 1843. The station was rebuilt in 1865, and then extensively remodelled and rebuilt in 1894. (Victoria County History).

In the foreground is Essex Hall, Colchester, also built in 1843, intended to be the railway hotel. It was converted in 1850 into an asylum for the mentally handicapped, subsequently (from 1859) becoming the Eastern Counties Asylum for Idiots, Imbeciles and the Feebleminded, and then the Royal Eastern Counties Institution for Mental Defectives. Closed and demolished in 1985. (Victoria County History, National Archives, Local newspaper article).

"The Colchester Station is about a mile north of the centre of the town. There is a splendid edifice in the Italian style immediately adjoining the station. It was originally intended for an hotel, but not proving a profitable undertaking, it was given up, and is now converted into an Asylum for Idiots. It is built of white brick, with stone dressings, and has a lofty tower commanding beautiful views of the surrounding country, as will be readily surmised from our little sketch annexed."
Date 1851
date QS:P571,+1851-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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British Library HMNTS 10350.F.16.
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