temple

1. The History Situated between two hi-rise housing estates, Shan Lai Court and Queen’s Hill estate, this lovely Hindu temple sits on Queen’s Hill above Fanling. It was built as part of the Queen’s Hill Barracks (also known as the Burma Lines barracks) in the early 1960s. Although the barracks...

Hi everyone - I'm very new here (to both the site and the hobby) and this is my first report. It's not a typical urbex site, but I wanted to try something easier to start with... Enjoy. The Visit This site is one I remember from my childhood and which had always intrigued me. Unfortunately...

So this visit was initially made to explore the remains of Calwich Abbey (previously a priory, founded circa 1130) but unfortunately there were a few workers in the yard out front, doing some clearing. Permission was asked to come in and take some photos but we were declined. A little history...

this is a link to my YouTube vid about chiddingstone Mithraic Temple not alot of history on it n hardly any vids or piks online about it.. some say it's a 2000yr old druid ritual or sacrifice cave, some say it's a 700yr old Knights Templar initiation or ritual cave, pretty cool star or what now...

Temple Bruer was once the second wealthiest Templar preceptory in England, after London. The surviving 13th century tower originally formed part of the Templar church. The 13th century tower is one of a pair of towers that was once attached to the chancel of the circular-naved Templar church. It...

The original Temple Church was founded in the early 12 century by the Knights templar, It's purpose was to protect pilgrims in the 'Holy Land'. The original circular church was replaced with a more rectangular structure in the 14th century and is home to the leaning tower which is a notable...

So some history on this place clarendon suites was built and designed by john madin who was an architect who designed brutalist architecture in the 1960s 1970s and did this for 30 years unfortunately he passed away on the 8th of January 2012 in respect of John madin i highly respect his work...

Just looking at a backlog & this place hasnt come up for a while so just thought I would share. The Freemasons Province of Warwickshire became 275 years old in 2003. A banquet was held at the headquarters of the Province in Birmingham on 22 April 2003 to celebrate this most significant event...

HISTORY Temple Mine is situated in the picturesque Rheidol Valley Gorge in Mid Wales. There are three levels, the two upper ones cut the stope after a short distance but the false flooring has long since disappeared onto the floor of the No. 1 Adit. The remaining parts of the upper adits can be...

Warwickshire Masonic Temple / Clarendon Suites Nothing too special but it has some cool little features, sky lights, 70's/80's decor about, and a good example of Brutalist architecture by John Madin, a fairly well known Birmingham architect. History The biggest merit here is it's architect...

After seeing some info on a closed royal mail depot we decided to head to oxford seeing as both the depot and the pools where 5 mins apart.. We Left nice and early. And after a long drive we arrived at the royal mail depot. However we decided to wait it out after driving into the depot car park...

Temple Cowley Swimming Pool, Oxford, England - August 2016 I'd been wanting to do this one for a while now and had failed on a number of occasions getting in. It's only 20 or so miles from me in Cowley, Oxford. The place was surprisingly untrashed given its two or so year closure, but...

Decided to go to Oxford with non-member after reading some good reports etc. Left early, found everything gone except this gem. I loved this place, just my kinda thing. A bit small, but plenty of time can be spent here. Oxford council decided to sell it off for £3.5m and it closed 23rd December...

Temple Cowley Pools in Temple Road was a public swimming and gymnasium complex run by Oxford City Council which closed in December 2014 for redevelopment as housing. It first opened in 1938, and had a major refit in 1987. Its main pool was 25 metres long, it also housed a baby pool and a diving...

Yangtorp in southern sweden. Was built around 2010 as a meditation centre. (don't know exactly the years and dates) Swedish celebrities such as Abba-Frida was involved and "sponsored" the construction as was said. She on the other hand, considered it as a loan to the dude who tried to build it...