Second one for the day!
I have to admit, I am not always that good at hitting the road and seeing places I really want to see. For this reason, I have missed Asylums, Industries and other random places that have looked cool all over the country! The Fox Brother mills in Wellington have been on my list since they first appeared some ten years ago, but being quite far into the West Country I have never made it down to see them., That was until a random weekend back in 2016 when I was down that way visiting family and had a spare day to myself.
This complex is amazing in my opinion. It has large cavernous space, heavily derelict areas and rotten floors that crack under foot. The icing on the cake is old industrial equipment interspersed around the buildings that are from a bygone era - where else could you find old hot riveted boilers still encased in bricks alongside unused coal? I am serious, I would like to know and go there. Sadly, whilst English Heritage have listed the place but advised that due to the scale of the complex and economic reasons, conversion may not be possible. I read this as it being at risk of going.
On a side note, hopping the stream is ill advisable if you do not quite make the landing. I went knee (thankfully, not balls) deep in mud. A sI did this on the way out, the car was ruined when I got back to it
This place is worth it for the engine / fire pump alone
I kind of want to glaze these boilers in, build a glass platform over them and turn it into a coffee shop lol
I have to admit, I am not always that good at hitting the road and seeing places I really want to see. For this reason, I have missed Asylums, Industries and other random places that have looked cool all over the country! The Fox Brother mills in Wellington have been on my list since they first appeared some ten years ago, but being quite far into the West Country I have never made it down to see them., That was until a random weekend back in 2016 when I was down that way visiting family and had a spare day to myself.
This complex is amazing in my opinion. It has large cavernous space, heavily derelict areas and rotten floors that crack under foot. The icing on the cake is old industrial equipment interspersed around the buildings that are from a bygone era - where else could you find old hot riveted boilers still encased in bricks alongside unused coal? I am serious, I would like to know and go there. Sadly, whilst English Heritage have listed the place but advised that due to the scale of the complex and economic reasons, conversion may not be possible. I read this as it being at risk of going.
On a side note, hopping the stream is ill advisable if you do not quite make the landing. I went knee (thankfully, not balls) deep in mud. A sI did this on the way out, the car was ruined when I got back to it
