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Had my eye on this one for a while now. This place started out life in early 1900 as an orphanage, then became a borstal, and more recently a nursing home. It closed in 1997 and has been stood empty since. Last time I had a look around, there were people inside and lots of evidence of drugs use. Today it was empty and much more of it has been boarded up.
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The site consists of four buildings, the main building, the dormitories, the gymnasium and the classrooms.
Classrooms:
This is a more modern building, around 1960's I suspect. There is little to see in here, blackboards in some rooms, wooden benches in the science room, pidgeon sh!t in every room. Mask up if you're venturing in here, there's asbestos clad pipes.
Dormitories:
The ultimate in trashed, this place beats Billingham house. Part of this building was torched a few years ago collapsing the roof. Its wooden stairs in here too, I didn't enter today, didn't have me bash hat with me.
Gymnasium:
This building still has some original features, wooden climbing ladders, wooden floor, stage and climbing ropes. The grafitti in here suggests drugs use, but more sinister the suggestions of abuse of the former residents here. 1962-1963 must have been a bad year.
Main building:
This building is quite large, long and narrow. It is really two buildings, connected by a single story corridor. The larger building is three storys high and faces east, towards Darlington, the other (with the main access door) faces onto the main road, north. All the downstairs windows are boarded, along with some of the second floor windows. The doors are securely bolted from the inside except the main door. This is locked from the outside in plain view of the busy main road. Although left to ruin, I get a good feel about this place.
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The site consists of four buildings, the main building, the dormitories, the gymnasium and the classrooms.
Classrooms:
This is a more modern building, around 1960's I suspect. There is little to see in here, blackboards in some rooms, wooden benches in the science room, pidgeon sh!t in every room. Mask up if you're venturing in here, there's asbestos clad pipes.
Dormitories:
The ultimate in trashed, this place beats Billingham house. Part of this building was torched a few years ago collapsing the roof. Its wooden stairs in here too, I didn't enter today, didn't have me bash hat with me.
Gymnasium:
This building still has some original features, wooden climbing ladders, wooden floor, stage and climbing ropes. The grafitti in here suggests drugs use, but more sinister the suggestions of abuse of the former residents here. 1962-1963 must have been a bad year.
Main building:
This building is quite large, long and narrow. It is really two buildings, connected by a single story corridor. The larger building is three storys high and faces east, towards Darlington, the other (with the main access door) faces onto the main road, north. All the downstairs windows are boarded, along with some of the second floor windows. The doors are securely bolted from the inside except the main door. This is locked from the outside in plain view of the busy main road. Although left to ruin, I get a good feel about this place.
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