manoir

History: This small manor is located in the middle of a mountainy region of the French speaking part of Belgium. The manor got built somewhere around the turn of the last century. Who the owner was of this house isn't clear because there isn't much information on the internet. The manor was...

History: This manoir was build around the end of the 1800s as a hunting lodge for a rich Belgium family. Throughout the years parts of the family decided to live here, It also expanded more trough the years. After the family decided to move out it was sold to a famous Belgium painter. You can...

In the middle of France is this architecturally interesting house. The architectural style is unusual but interesting.

Location #4 of 4 visited on this day. This was high on my list of places to see but as usual, by the time we visited, it had deteriorated rapidly with fixtures smashed and various paperwork thrown all around the place. Bumped into another French explorer on site (hi Exosius!), giving this...

A road trip across Belgium prior to Christmas meant hitting a few sites along southern Belgium, ticking off a few sites that sounded interesting. Alas, out of five sites visited, only this one was viable, with a range of other sites now being renovated or locked up tight. No history on this one...

Unfortunately an oldie, I forgot to post. A true gem, though all the statues that apparently once were there had disappeared. I am always surprised how close locations are time by time. I visited another one, a hotel, some 5 years ago which is only a few hundred meters away! The living room...

Not too sure on the history again on this one but it was another site that I had been looking forward to seeing. It's sad to see that it had been knocked about a bit by the time I got there but I suppose that's the way things go nowadays.

No idea how this ended up on my map, it's not normally my kind of place but we were in the area so we went for a mooch. It's situated in a beautiful setting alongside the river with a waterfall and stream nearby. Clearly it was once an elegant property but now it is suffering from neglect. I...

This ones a proper beauty. I'll be honest, the reason that this is currently uninhabited is because of an inheritance dispute, we were aware of this but did decide to visit and half of the places we visit are probably in this position. The house is pretty large and still choc full of interesting...

More Chateaux than Manoir really (its a big un!), I visited this ridiculously photogenic derp on a solo mooch round Belgium back in November... Come and have gander at... ...Manoir aux Portraits... ... ... ... ... As always... Thanks...

Emergency gear – Canon G12 This used to be a very wealthy restaurant and hotel in a forested area of Belgium. It hasn’t been more than some years since it closed. So far we found no sources explaining its decline. The only thing we know is that it lost its gastronomy stars...

Took me three attempts to get in here, with a few injuries along the way and with the police hot on my tail for the first time. Finally got in when it opened up again, on a snowy freezing cold day. So happy! Loved it, quite an opulent place. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...

A beautiful location. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

Hey everybody, here's another nice place I visited on an early morning in july! These pictures date from when it was still abandoned, now the place has a new owner and is not urbex anymore sadly (well it's good for the house) Anyway here's the pics hope you like them! Edit: the place was build...

First time we tried she didnt wanna show us her stuff. So we tried again a little later and behold........ she was ready to show her stuff. Here is my report on this lovely location. There was a bit of a twist in the story, after a little while the door opened... :eek: ahh shoot and I...