A brief visit to RAF Echo Dome. This place had been on my to do list since I saw a shot from Darbian a while back. The dome was the main focus of the trip but the site did have a lot of other buildings that caught my eye but sadly we were pressed for…
Just a random little stop on the way to our intended destination.Something a little different to the norm… not quite derelict as still generating power feeding into the national grid. While refuelling I spotted what appeared to be a platform at the top of a wind turbine visible from the garage… we decided to go…
History Little Plumstead Hospital / Asylum is a cluster of abandoned buildings in Norfolk spread over quite a large area, all with different architectural features making it obvious that the complex had been added to several times over the course of its existence. In addition to the buildings which still remain I have read that…
Not much is known about this abandoned house, we managed to establish that it was utilized as a guest house by the owner who appears to have also had a keen interest in painting. Various art supplies and lots of original pieces of artwork were scattered around the place. It seems such a shame for…
History Built for the benefit of the patients of the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, the former Fletcher Convalescent Home is now itself in need of some TLC. Absorbed into the NHS during the twentieth century, it was converted into a geriatric unit and then closed and sold for development. Planning permission for its conversion to…
History (borrowed from Norfolk Explorer on OS): An early purpose-built TB sanatorium in England opened in 1899 and provides a rare surviving example of a timber framed prefabricated hospital building. Originally there were also a number of moveable wooden huts in the grounds, looking rather like summerhouses on wheels, in which patients could spend all…
History Briefly George Barnsley’s began manufacturing files before becoming one of the worlds leading manufacturers of tools for the shoe making and leather trades. Closing in 2003 the place is like a walk through time in both its construction and architecture to the items left behind. A very photogenic explore it will always be a favourite…
Sheffield Crown Courts. Another revisit explore of this awesome abandoned court complex complete with cells unusual layout of floors containing various courtrooms and judges chambers as well as press rooms and various service tunnels. ..
History Middleton mine spans a site approximately 168ha of land and is made up of 26 miles of tunnels across 3 levels. From the 18th Century until the end of World War 2, Middleton Quarry produced high quality limestone capable of taking surface polish, for use in monuments and other ornamental products. After declining demand…
History Borrowed: In 1886 John North gifted £6,000 to open a convalescent home in memory of his daughter Ida. Chorley and Connon were the Architects, opened 10th May 1888. Robert Arthington financed a second hospital on adjacent site which opened May 1905, and took his name but was mostly referred to as ‘Cookridge’. Ida hospital is the two…
