Report - Otterburn Hall - Northumberland June 2020

[abby.exploresx]

Was very easy to get inside, both upstairs and downstairs were accessible and the building itself was beautiful! Some hidden gems inside including the old water fountain and piano. Theres two different buildings to explore, the main hotel which is easy to get into, and the leisure side, which is a bit of a climb. I can’t believe such a beautiful building has ended up being abandoned like this. It looks like builders were working on the building in 2017 and then just left and never came back. Really recommend this if its your first time exploring. A very beautiful but haunting place to explore!

Some history of the building: The building was constructed in 1870 for Lord James Douglas, the land given to him as recompense for the death of Lord James Douglas, who fought at the Battle of Otterburn. From 1980 to 2012, Otterburn Hall was used as a hotel. Hosting weddings and functions on the regular. The house is Grade-II listed with English Heritage, and rated with four-stars by the Architectural Association School of Architecture. The hotel was owned by the YMCA until 2002, when it was sold to the London-based Angel Group. The hotel was closed suddenly in 2012. The hotel remains untouched, in 2017 it was in a total state of disrepair, overgrown and unsafe. It has reportedly been bought to again be reopened as a hotel, though in July 2017 no signs of any works have yet started.

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[MarkusCP87]

That place is getting worse, it was trashed when I did it last year.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Yep it definitely is Markus. Nice report & snaps here. Welcome to 28dl & the world of posting. Just a few pointers. Remember to title correctly. The area is missing from title bar. And secondly its never a good idea to discuss access points on a public forum, even if there are many. Landlords see and get them sealed.

Apart from that a great 1st report. Looking forward to more

 

[abby.exploresx]

Yep it definitely is Markus. Nice report & snaps here. Welcome to 28dl & the world of posting. Just a few pointers. Remember to title correctly. The area is missing from title bar. And secondly its never a good idea to discuss access points on a public forum, even if there are many. Landlords see and get them sealed.

Apart from that a great 1st report. Looking forward to more

Thanks for the pointers.

 

[Seffy]

Rather noice that - shame it's going the way it is. Second derp piano I've seen on here today :

 

[Calamity Jane]

Thanks for the pointers.

Always welcome. Happy to help anyone who contributes

 

[Terriblue1]

Visited here yesturday, we had 30 seconds before we got told to leave by a group of lads on a tractor. Beautiful building. In the short time we did have I couldnt see any open entrances. Plenty of new wood over entrances I can see on these pics.

 

[dave]

Good report i was a little underwhelmed when i went was expecting it to be better than it was though it had been well stripped out in most places.