History
the building is grade 2 list and apart from said staircase the outside is more interesting than the inside, A little bit of history from Historic England's Pastscape: https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1074638
Now when it got took over as office for learning disabilities i believe from google maps the site closed somewhere inbetween 2012 and 2014.
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Nothing to complicated, a member on here showed me around, after dropping down into the basement it was quite easy from there, minimal graff around the site but also more on the empty side of things, theres a few features that i found quite photogenic. Theres a few other buildings further back all stripped and/or alarmed, this was alarmed aswell, but someones cut electricity. Id recommend going just for the staircase, its amazing.
Pics are of 'mansion house'
Now the staircase..
Now everything else
some tiny doors.. presume these would of originally been for children.
now there was a little external staircase.
so i could get a shot from near the roof.
Pics didnt turn out the best from this place but as its un-reported i thought it was still worth sharing, Cheers everyone.
the building is grade 2 list and apart from said staircase the outside is more interesting than the inside, A little bit of history from Historic England's Pastscape: https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1074638
| In 1898-9 a cottage home village (Poor Law accomodation for children) was built in the grounds of a 18th century private residence. In 1905 it was enlarged, to designs by Edmund Kirby, with the addition of 2-storey cottages and special hospital blocks. When the Poor Law was abolished, the Olive Mount estate became a Children's Hospital, which after 1955 specialised in the care of people with learning difficulties. The disabled people's home was eventually closed down, and virtually all of the buildings were demolished in 1991. The original house - which had been used as the administrative centre of the hospital - was retained by the Health Authority as offices. |
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Nothing to complicated, a member on here showed me around, after dropping down into the basement it was quite easy from there, minimal graff around the site but also more on the empty side of things, theres a few features that i found quite photogenic. Theres a few other buildings further back all stripped and/or alarmed, this was alarmed aswell, but someones cut electricity. Id recommend going just for the staircase, its amazing.
Pics are of 'mansion house'
Now the staircase..
Now everything else
now there was a little external staircase.
so i could get a shot from near the roof.
Pics didnt turn out the best from this place but as its un-reported i thought it was still worth sharing, Cheers everyone.
