The history of this building has been well documented here and elsewhere, so I wont waste too much time on it.
It has lain empty since a fire in 1997 and is rapidly being reclaimed by nature.
Many of the remaining floors have collapsed and the whole place is now quite dangerous, as I can verify having fallen out through a door along with some of the floor I was standing on. (Mrs tumble1 who was with me but staying outside, rushed round to where I was now lying and exclaimed "My god, is the camera ok?"
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I was then forbidden from scaling the fire escape at the side of the house, (Worried about the camera again.)
Before my mishap, I bravely or stupidly made my way into what was left of the owners accomodation on the lower ground floor, much has gone although the bathroom and a childs room remains. (Tidier than my eldests I noted).
More are here https://www.flickr.com/photos/107793356@N06/sets/72157644724806839/
Here is the house in the 1970s
016858-32901-800 by tumble112, on Flickr
And from as near as I could get from the same point 40 years on
032 by tumble112, on Flickr
028 by tumble112, on Flickr
This has been removed from the childs room since my last visit
001 by tumble112, on Flickr
005 by tumble112, on Flickr
008 by tumble112, on Flickr
Remains of a childs bed
009 by tumble112, on Flickr
010 by tumble112, on Flickr
011 by tumble112, on Flickr
012 by tumble112, on Flickr
021 by tumble112, on Flickr
022 by tumble112, on Flickr
023 by tumble112, on Flickr
030 by tumble112, on Flickr
019 by tumble112, on Flickr
026 by tumble112, on Flickr
Thank you for looking.
It has lain empty since a fire in 1997 and is rapidly being reclaimed by nature.
Many of the remaining floors have collapsed and the whole place is now quite dangerous, as I can verify having fallen out through a door along with some of the floor I was standing on. (Mrs tumble1 who was with me but staying outside, rushed round to where I was now lying and exclaimed "My god, is the camera ok?"
)I was then forbidden from scaling the fire escape at the side of the house, (Worried about the camera again.)
Before my mishap, I bravely or stupidly made my way into what was left of the owners accomodation on the lower ground floor, much has gone although the bathroom and a childs room remains. (Tidier than my eldests I noted).
More are here https://www.flickr.com/photos/107793356@N06/sets/72157644724806839/
Here is the house in the 1970s
016858-32901-800 by tumble112, on Flickr
And from as near as I could get from the same point 40 years on
032 by tumble112, on Flickr
028 by tumble112, on Flickr
This has been removed from the childs room since my last visit
001 by tumble112, on Flickr
005 by tumble112, on Flickr
008 by tumble112, on Flickr
Remains of a childs bed
009 by tumble112, on Flickr
010 by tumble112, on Flickr
011 by tumble112, on Flickr
012 by tumble112, on Flickr
021 by tumble112, on Flickr
022 by tumble112, on Flickr
023 by tumble112, on Flickr
030 by tumble112, on Flickr
019 by tumble112, on Flickr
026 by tumble112, on Flickr
Thank you for looking.
