Bridon Wire Works - April 08.

[nursepayne]

Oackhurst house looks amazing!Has anyone explored it ?
Those labs are some find!

 

[The_Revolution]

Oackhurst house looks amazing!Has anyone explored it ?
Those labs are some find!

A couple of times, it's in a bad way, lots of fire damage. My photos were rubbish but my fellow explorers did better (here & here)

The labs are really interesting - so much stuff left behind

 

[Rob]

To be honest I didn't notice any fire damage just rotten timbers. The interior of the house at the rear seems to have completely collapsed. It seems a bit of a weird place. Built around an old stone farmhouse the most solid part of the structure, It has been added to over the years quite extravagantly especially the timber framed facade. I have tried researching the history of the place on the Internet but have drawn a blank. Unfortunately the place is beyond restoration and awaits the bulldozers.

Rob...

 

[smileysal]

ooooooh, that's made me want to go and have a look at it even more now. I'll have to hassle TnM to take me there lol. I want to get more pics from the wire works themselves as well.

Cheers Rob,

Sal

 

[The_Revolution]

To be honest I didn't notice any fire damage just rotten timbers.

I have tried researching the history of the place on the Internet but have drawn a blank. Unfortunately the place is beyond restoration and awaits the bulldozers.

My mistake; confusing the damage with somewhere else.

The only thing I've been able to find out was that the house was built for the owner of the wireworks; Richard Johnson. Someone did tell me that the building is listed and has been up for sale for £1 for a while.

 

[Shhhh]

Lol. Ace pics. If that was true then you could buy your own abandonned relic for a quid. Anyone can afford that. Let me know in good time if you go back to those wireworks. I want to see them. I don't care if its pushing an 80 mile round trip. Be a good day out.