A club and 'venue for all occasions'. It was once formerly the Factory Club (later known as the Blue Circle Club) which was opened on 31 July 1878 and built at the expense of Thomas Bevan (architects Parr and Strong). It took three years to build at a cost of £ 11,000 and was built in honour of Bevan's eldest son, Robert's, coming of age. Before 1945, the club was open to all members of the public and was the cultural centre of Northfleet. Two halls, games room, sports facilities, a library and the headquarters of the Northfleet Choral Society plus numerous other local societies were all accommodated. Amongst various other features added over the years was a bowling green and an outdoor swimming pool that was opened in 1907.
Having already been there a couple nights before I decided to go back for some daylight pics entry was an easy walk in always a good start to an explore, although on entering we heard a hissing then realised one of the gas cylinders by the door was open slightly 😳 after shutting it off and waiting a few mins outside with the door open we ventured back inside we could feel airflow so wasn't worried about any gas buildup (on the second visit the cylinders were gone leading be to suspect metal thieves may be working the site most likely leaving them to empty before taking them away).
The inside bar area is pretty trashed smashed mirrors everywhere celing tiles missing the usual.
a small basement near the fire damaged area
and of course the standard trashed toilets on almost every explore
the top floor hall we didn't go any further on the first visit as looked very sketchy in the dark
once we got back in the daytime we could easily navigate the old beams to get to the otherside
some sort of counter weigh? Laying on the upper bar area
a rather grim kitchen
ladder up to the balcony area signs of a staircase was there that has been removed at some point
stairs up to another level and to the roof
old ironwork probably from the roof
an old co-op bottle
top of the tower
And finally The downstairs fire damaged section fortunately its only attached to the main building by a small corridor most likely a later addition
now kinda wishing i had bought my drone to see the damage from above maybe next time thanks for looking
Having already been there a couple nights before I decided to go back for some daylight pics entry was an easy walk in always a good start to an explore, although on entering we heard a hissing then realised one of the gas cylinders by the door was open slightly 😳 after shutting it off and waiting a few mins outside with the door open we ventured back inside we could feel airflow so wasn't worried about any gas buildup (on the second visit the cylinders were gone leading be to suspect metal thieves may be working the site most likely leaving them to empty before taking them away).
The inside bar area is pretty trashed smashed mirrors everywhere celing tiles missing the usual.
