paulo999
December 18th, 2006, 22:05
Back to where I used to live years ago. Sleepy little Hampton Wick, a bit of Surrey suburbia near Kingston.
After several attempts to catch the wrong train at Waterloo, Payno and I finally failed and got on the right one. Travelcard exploring. Lovely.
Soon enough we're in and head straight to the top. Now here's a thing - yes there's alot of graffiti sadly - but for us it oozed character. The lofts are beautiful, the staircases a delight. In the upper section of the main front block, rooms have curved walled sections... architecturally, it's lovely. No theres' nothing really left in there, but as a "space" we thought it was superb.
We did about six hours in there, the end of the visit timing nicely with the end of the light - and just enough time to get some externals before we headed off to our next port of call.
http://static.flickr.com/144/326452366_7dae062656.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/138/326455317_26e2f82e0d.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/140/326432790_da148f504f.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/144/326436336_4cbe85f06c.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/134/326440589_4b7ca14aea.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/136/326441625_92229f6535.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/142/326446671_8e053e9c0c.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/138/326442509_0f48f83cbb.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/136/326451324_39e69defe4.jpg
OK OK! We missed the clock... sounds like we'll have to go back then. :rolleyes: ;)
One more shot...
http://static.flickr.com/141/326445614_4b39622623.jpg
After several attempts to catch the wrong train at Waterloo, Payno and I finally failed and got on the right one. Travelcard exploring. Lovely.
Soon enough we're in and head straight to the top. Now here's a thing - yes there's alot of graffiti sadly - but for us it oozed character. The lofts are beautiful, the staircases a delight. In the upper section of the main front block, rooms have curved walled sections... architecturally, it's lovely. No theres' nothing really left in there, but as a "space" we thought it was superb.
We did about six hours in there, the end of the visit timing nicely with the end of the light - and just enough time to get some externals before we headed off to our next port of call.
http://static.flickr.com/144/326452366_7dae062656.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/138/326455317_26e2f82e0d.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/140/326432790_da148f504f.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/144/326436336_4cbe85f06c.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/134/326440589_4b7ca14aea.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/136/326441625_92229f6535.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/142/326446671_8e053e9c0c.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/138/326442509_0f48f83cbb.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/136/326451324_39e69defe4.jpg
OK OK! We missed the clock... sounds like we'll have to go back then. :rolleyes: ;)
One more shot...
http://static.flickr.com/141/326445614_4b39622623.jpg