History:
I don't know a great deal about the history of this location. It was built in the 16th century and had extensions at some point in the 20th century.
I also heard that it was used as a surface ammo drop site during the second world war.
There are some old photos of the site here: http://nlhs.org.uk/index.php/oaklands-park/
The Explore:
I visited this place with @Seb penson. Both ways to access this site involve walking down private driveways which is not ideal, one driveway borders a garden where there was a BBQ going on so we avoided that and went for the less conspicuous option. After getting to the top of the driveway we hear "EXCUSE ME!" coming from the house behind us. We walked back down the drive to be met by a very charming lady. We told her that we are just photographers and that we would like to have a look at the manor house. She replied with "I don't think so. F**K OFF!" ... some manners would have been nice!
We swiftly moved on and tried to find another way around. After a few minutes of debating the best plan of action, we decided to crawl through the shrubbery... Success!
This was a pretty good explore, not much left behind but there's some nice architecture. Nature is really claiming this place as it's own which makes some parts of the house look quite surreal and makes for some good pictures. The third storey of the house is completely inaccessible which was a shame.
We also managed to get into some crawl space below the floorboards, nothing really under there but was worth having a quick look into what seemed to be a network of tunnels.
Anyway, please find my pictures and a video below:
I don't know a great deal about the history of this location. It was built in the 16th century and had extensions at some point in the 20th century.
I also heard that it was used as a surface ammo drop site during the second world war.
There are some old photos of the site here: http://nlhs.org.uk/index.php/oaklands-park/
The Explore:
I visited this place with @Seb penson. Both ways to access this site involve walking down private driveways which is not ideal, one driveway borders a garden where there was a BBQ going on so we avoided that and went for the less conspicuous option. After getting to the top of the driveway we hear "EXCUSE ME!" coming from the house behind us. We walked back down the drive to be met by a very charming lady. We told her that we are just photographers and that we would like to have a look at the manor house. She replied with "I don't think so. F**K OFF!" ... some manners would have been nice!
We swiftly moved on and tried to find another way around. After a few minutes of debating the best plan of action, we decided to crawl through the shrubbery... Success!
This was a pretty good explore, not much left behind but there's some nice architecture. Nature is really claiming this place as it's own which makes some parts of the house look quite surreal and makes for some good pictures. The third storey of the house is completely inaccessible which was a shame.
We also managed to get into some crawl space below the floorboards, nothing really under there but was worth having a quick look into what seemed to be a network of tunnels.
Anyway, please find my pictures and a video below:
Thanks for sharin'
