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...Runwell Hospital

Also Known As: Runwell Mental Hospital
Location: Wickford, Essex
Architect: Charles Elcock and Frederick Sutcliffe
Date built: 1934
Date opened: 1937
Date closed: April 2010
Current Status: Semi derelict, everything has been cleared out though
Trivia: Was used as a military hospital during WW2, which can be seen here. In the 1950s, consultant neuropathologist Professor J Corsellis started the Corsellis Brain Collection and a few years later he was joined by Dr Clive Burton. The collection reached approximately 9000 samples by the time of Corsellis' death in 1994. It's now owned by the West London Mental Health Trust. Read more...