mausoleum

The Abandoned Gothic Gem of North Wales: Faenol Mausoleum Hidden deep in the woods of the Faenol Estate near Bangor sits a haunting piece of Victorian history. The mega-wealthy Assheton-Smith family commissioned the private mortuary chapel in the late 1870s. They amassed a vast fortune as...

Explore - My first time exploring a mausoleum/crypt. Was given the location of this via a friend whilst in the area. Such a beautiful building, disappointing to see people decided to graffiti the inside.. WHY?Set deeply in the woods our walk down was quite enjoyable. Access is self...

History Vaynol was owned in the C16 by the Williams family; later inherited by Thomas Assheton-Smith, owner of the Dinorwic slate quarries, and finally passed into the the Duff family ownership before the estate was split up. The landscape and built heritage of the park has evolved throughout...

History - This Victorian mausoleum was built in the 1870s for the Assheton-Smith family, which owned the Vaynol estate and the Dinorwig slate quarry. Thomas Assheton-Smith, who had developed the slate quarries, was buried in 1858 in Hampshire, where the family had another home, but later members...

Introduction Me and @V50jake visited this one on our recent exploring trip to Wales. We have seen it before but wanted to get some better photos and take another look. History & Information The Grade II Listed Mausoleum is situated on the 500-acre Vaynol Estate, this section of the estate is...

History In 1885, following a Russian scare, two RML guns were mounted on Point Halswell in Wellington. The British guns were purchased by the New Zealand Government, but they were not built inside any kind of permanent concrete emplacement. By 1889, an 8-inch disappearing gun and a magazine...

Last weekend I had to be in Hamburg to meet up with some people who visited the exposition in which I was one of the contributing artists. My husband decided to take up some overtime so we had some days extra.... In which I was given carte blanche to plan some urbex. ( My hubsie likes the...