The School Of Rot - November 2016
BACKGROUND: Built in 1833 as a country house. In 1949 the estate was sold off with the council buying the mansion. Then in 1952 they opened it as a school for rural education, taking in boarders and...
View ArticleRandom house near railway - Nov 16
We decided we would work our way up to a well known abandoned railway platform in the local area, we had to leave the platform because there were too many people and we were visible to secca, because...
View Article3 Random old houses - Holmfirth - Dec 2016
No name or history to be found on these three oddities. All we could tell is that it might have been part of a very old farm as there was a barn on the grounds and there where chemical barrels all over...
View ArticleRougham Hall, Suffolk - 2011 to 2014
Sorry - this is my first post, and apologies if it is not allowed (with regards to the fact these pictures were taken between 2011-2014). I worked for Rougham Estate and had access to the ruins without...
View ArticleDream Cottage, Cheshire - May 2015
New Find On 28DL I don't know the real name for this place so I have named it 'Dream Cottage' (I'll update if I find more info). I stumbled across this place whilst out for a drive around the local...
View ArticleDream Cottages, Cheshire. August 2016
Nipped in here with Urblex on our way back up North sometime in August. Two cool little cottages to have a nose round. I found the contrast between them quite weird. One was dirty and full of clutter...
View ArticleWendreda House March Cambs - Nov 16
Intro: Wendreda house was a former 'Downton Abbey' Style mansion found in March Cambridgeshire and was the home to one of Cambridgeshire's largest cannabis raids, this raid was conducted in January of...
View ArticleGreat Tew Manor, Oxfordshire - July 2012
A beautiful place. I visited with Eeka on a superbly sunny day last July and it’s one of my favourites. Built around 1730 and extended in 1834 and 1856. Shortly after the First World War the owner...
View ArticleSweyney Cliff House. Coalport (Telford)
Good afternoon everyone as you can see this is my first post on here, I have been doing Urban exploring for nearly 3 years now and want to share this gem with you. Sweyney house was just being...
View ArticleHi-Roll Cottage - Surrey - November 2016
Thanks to Brewtal over at DP for the tip on this place. Its pretty weirdly located being so closed to houses yet still in the arse end of no-where. Vandals have done a proper job on the cars sadly,...
View ArticleAlfred's Whiskey House - East Winch - 19/08/15
I haven't been able to find out any history out about this site. I can only assume that the occupants died and had nobody to sort out their belongings. Shortly after entering the site from various...
View ArticleLatvian Consulate, Chorley September 2015
The Latvian Consulate building, aka Pemberton House Farm was the home of UK’s consul to the Kingdom of Latvia from 2005 until 2007. The building has undergone various changes and alterations over the...
View ArticleHouse of the Damned, Derbyshire - November 2016
November 2016 Cheers to @UrbanBloodyBear and @Ilyria for the tip off. I've seen this place pop up on here a few times, and decided to give it a look when I was in the area but didn't get round to...
View ArticleElm Holiday Cottage, Minsterley, Shropshire June '16
So Who Lived in a house like this? These residential places are so hard to find history on, which is frustrating. When I saw this house come up on various sites and @BrainL 's great post on it here, I...
View ArticlePriory Care Home - West Tarring - Jan - 2017
The Explore: Visited by myself K1N5M4N and a non member. Another unplanned explore but was in the area and as i couldn't find a report on it i decided to have a look. Not a great deal to see but a...
View ArticleHorncliffe Mansion, Edenfield, 8th January 2017
I know this one has been done to death, but this is only our second explore and we wanted an easy one. Horncliffe Mansion is a Grade II listed former mill owner’s house dating to the late 19th century....
View ArticleWoolton Hall, Liverpool - Aug 15
This is my first report so please be gentle with me. My dad has lived in Australia for over 20 years and had come back to visit. I had to find a way of entertaining him and decided that it was the...
View ArticleLime Grove - PENRHYN - April 2015
LIME GROVE, PLAS Y COED, PORT PENRHYN, BANGOR, LL57 4HN Went on a recent visit to North Wales and whilst in search for Penrhyn Castle we literally fell across this place by pure accident; I haven't...
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