General Photo Thread

[ALBA Adventures]

Dunalastair House, October 2019

 

[ALBA Adventures]

Langton Estate, Duns, Scottish Borders May 2022

 

[Lenston]

 

[Lenston]

 

[Brassneck]

Some more recant finds this time in the Greater Manchester area, all about those hidden details I guess. I did't actually manage what I wanted to do, but still found some alright bits and bobs! Best part of the day was the tucked away "Thomas & Broadbent" gantry crane from Huddersfield - very rare, I didn't even know they used to make cranes, bloody epic!

The three stooges!​

 

[dansgas1000]

A shame to see the remaining part of St Andrew's Asylum in Norwich getting destroyed by a large fire recently. The interior was well-stripped but I did get a few exterior shots a couple of months ago:

Fire pic from a local news website:

It will be interesting to see if they finally flatten it now.

 

[mookster]

Had a pretty rotten run of luck lately on the exploring front, here are some photos from the iconic boiler house of the former Dunlop Semtex factory in Brynmawr visited on a miserable wet day full of fail. It's a shell but certainly a unique building, hence why it's still stuck in the middle of a retail park.

And a bonus couple of shots from the most gutted chapel I've ever set foot in, judging by the ceiling I'm sure it would have been a really nice one at some point. The day was such a bust I even failed at befriending the sweet little black cat that was watching me inquisitively as I climbed out of the window afterwards.

 

[JakeV50]

These shots of Cannon Brewery have been sat on my Lightroom for well over a year now. I'm never going to actually do a report on it am I….

Some nice shots to be had from the roof too.

 

[MotionlessMike]

A pair of Derbyshire care homes...


Highfield House Care Home, Ashbourne

Originally a Victorian manor house on the outskirts of the market town of Ashbourne, latterly a care facility with modern extensions to accommodate for up to 37 residents. The care home closed in 2016 due to money problems, primarily having to hire agency nursing staff for long periods at great expense. It was recently on the market for £850,000 with developers now looking to convert it into apartments. I think this place had some kind of enormous, mysterious fire not too long ago...

This was probably the better of the two, plenty of decay, a bit less modernised and loads of wheelie-things to mess around with

Amberleigh Manor Care Home, Blackwell, Alfreton


A 39-bed care home that started life as a Victorian manor house called ‘Pendean’. Been closed for a few years now and looks likely to get converted into apartments.

Never managed all of this place and cba to go back as it was pretty modernised and boring. Lots of internal doors screwed shut got real old real fast.

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[Bikin Glynn]

Had a pretty rotten run of luck lately on the exploring front, here are some photos from the iconic boiler house of the former Dunlop Semtex factory in Brynmawr visited on a miserable wet day full of fail. It's a shell but certainly a unique building, hence why it's still stuck in the middle of a retail park.

Quite like the brutalist style of this place

 

[ALBA Adventures]

Lamberton Skerrs, July 2023

Lamberton Skerrs is towards the southernmost point on the east coast of Scotland. It was the scene of a building known as the "Smuggler's Bothy" which was built by the famous smuggler John Robertson in about 1760 and stands on the cliffs overlooking the North Sea. He smuggled tea and was in partnership with a Swedish shipping line. The cover for the operation was fishing but the building was actually later used as a fishery cottage. It was eventually destroyed by vandals who set it alight. A rusted net winch and storage caves built into the rocks are all that remains of the fishery.

The East Coast Main Line railway runs right by the location before passing over the border at Marshall Meadows Bay and stopping at Berwick-Upon-Tweed.

 

[MotionlessMike]

Some more local Derbyshire bits that didn't warrant their own threads

Brockley Primary School, Shuttlewood, Bolsover

The site for this former school was acquired in 1905 and the original part of the building was constructed around 1905-10 with two additional wings added in the early 1930s. At some time prior to 1961 the former infants school became Brockley Secondary Modern, before a further change to revert once again to an infants school. The school became vacant in 2007 when the pupils were accommodated in the primary school next door and there is currently a planning application for demolition of the building and for the land to be used to extend the current playing fields.

Black Horse, Somercotes

A former Inn in Lower Somercotes near Alfreton which dates back to the late 1700s and was well positioned to take in weary travellers, close to the Toll Gate on the Alfreton to Nottingham Turnpike road. The range of outbuildings were formally stables and carriage houses, more recently repurposed as a function room with stage. The pub closed permanently in January 2015 and was demolished in early 2023 to make way for a housing development.

Places Gym, Chesterfield

Apparently this was first built as a cabaret club in the 70s and was for a long time called ‘Aquarius’. It was also a nightclub for a while in the 90’s called ‘The Gate’ before becoming a gym in 2000 before closing permanently in November 2020.

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[pirate]

10 odd years ago was on the other side of this

 

[Scoobysrt]

Anyone know what this is?
Could be some sort of lamp maybe, definitely looks like it hung from a ceiling.
Found in a top room of a Bell Tower.

 

[MK83]

Gafnan water powered corn mill Anglesey. An early 19th century mill retaining most of its original machinery. Had a look at this place while on a bit of a water mill tour over the summer but this particular explore was a bit of a disaster, forgot the tripod and got caught in apocalyptic levels of rain so didn't end up with much in the way of decent shots. Other reports on here have covered it very well so just posting the few redeemable hand held shots we got. Lovely mill and fascinating to look around.