Finally got round to posting a report.
Thought I would start out with what I think can be only described as the complete Ushaw report!
Images taken over 4 visits to the site and an invitation to visit to the live site... Talk about inviting the enemy to tea!
All visits successfully completed without getting caught along with the fellow nutter @The Amateur Wanderer.
A little history on the place if you didn’t already know… (Taken from The Amateur Wanderer & Wiki)
The Seminary and Junior Chapel
“Wikipedia: In 1804 Bishop William Gibson began to build at Ushaw Moor, four miles west of Durham. These buildings, designed by James Taylor, were opened as St Cuthbert's College in 1808. There was a steady expansion during the nineteenth century with new buildings put up to cater for the expanding number of clerical and secular students. In 1847, the newly built chapel, designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was opened. This was followed by the Big Library and Exhibition Hall designed by Joseph Hansom, 1849-1851. The Junior House, designed by the distinguished architect, Peter Paul Pugin, was added in 1859. St Cuthbert’s Chapel, designed by Dunn and Hansom, was opened in 1884, replacing an earlier one by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, which the seminary had then outgrown. The Refectory was designed and built by E. W. Pugin. The final development came in the early 1960s with the opening of a new East wing, providing additional classrooms and single bedrooms for 75 students. The main college buildings are grade II listed, however the College Chapel is grade II* and the Chapel of St Michael is grade I.”
The Barn
The Amateur Wanderer “A general history of the sites origins, but the barn itself was constructed alongside the seminary so that the monks who lived and worked their could be self sufficient and provide for themselves. The Barn seized to operate as part of the seminary, in 1972 and is now a listed building, this is due to the rarity of finding a barn that has been designed to match the design of the seminary. The barn has sty's for pigs, and cattle and also has stables for the horses that would have worked the fields, as well as a large area for hay storage for feeding and bedding the animals. The site was added to English Heritage’s Heritage at Risk Register in 2013. As things stand, the site has been leased to the North of England Civic Trust and they are looking at the possibility of developing the site to establish Heritage Skills Institute”
The Pool
History unclear on this one to find more and an archive pic see The Amateur Wanderer’s Report
Part 1 The Barn
Junior Seminary (Tourist Attraction)
The Pool
The Live Part
To finish some exterior pics...
Thanks for looking
Also Thanks to the goons who got the Pool and Barn closed!
BoroLad
Thought I would start out with what I think can be only described as the complete Ushaw report!
Images taken over 4 visits to the site and an invitation to visit to the live site... Talk about inviting the enemy to tea!
All visits successfully completed without getting caught along with the fellow nutter @The Amateur Wanderer.
A little history on the place if you didn’t already know… (Taken from The Amateur Wanderer & Wiki)
The Seminary and Junior Chapel
“Wikipedia: In 1804 Bishop William Gibson began to build at Ushaw Moor, four miles west of Durham. These buildings, designed by James Taylor, were opened as St Cuthbert's College in 1808. There was a steady expansion during the nineteenth century with new buildings put up to cater for the expanding number of clerical and secular students. In 1847, the newly built chapel, designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was opened. This was followed by the Big Library and Exhibition Hall designed by Joseph Hansom, 1849-1851. The Junior House, designed by the distinguished architect, Peter Paul Pugin, was added in 1859. St Cuthbert’s Chapel, designed by Dunn and Hansom, was opened in 1884, replacing an earlier one by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, which the seminary had then outgrown. The Refectory was designed and built by E. W. Pugin. The final development came in the early 1960s with the opening of a new East wing, providing additional classrooms and single bedrooms for 75 students. The main college buildings are grade II listed, however the College Chapel is grade II* and the Chapel of St Michael is grade I.”
The Barn
The Amateur Wanderer “A general history of the sites origins, but the barn itself was constructed alongside the seminary so that the monks who lived and worked their could be self sufficient and provide for themselves. The Barn seized to operate as part of the seminary, in 1972 and is now a listed building, this is due to the rarity of finding a barn that has been designed to match the design of the seminary. The barn has sty's for pigs, and cattle and also has stables for the horses that would have worked the fields, as well as a large area for hay storage for feeding and bedding the animals. The site was added to English Heritage’s Heritage at Risk Register in 2013. As things stand, the site has been leased to the North of England Civic Trust and they are looking at the possibility of developing the site to establish Heritage Skills Institute”
The Pool
History unclear on this one to find more and an archive pic see The Amateur Wanderer’s Report
Part 1 The Barn
Junior Seminary (Tourist Attraction)
The Pool
The Live Part
To finish some exterior pics...
Thanks for looking
Also Thanks to the goons who got the Pool and Barn closed!
BoroLad
