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This was one of a few very enjoyable visits along the Loxley Valley on a lovely sunny day. The Filter House at Lower Bradfield has been done on here a few times. Here's the brief write-up from Wiki:
Its position on a busy main road and the heras fences mean it is not the easiest access. There's not a great deal left inside of the old plant but the fantastic graffiti merit a visit in it's own right. It's quite a damp building so there's a turnover in the art on offer and a number of paintings in other reports has deteriorated quite quickly. Anyhow...on with the pictures:
img9182_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9184_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9185_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9186_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9188_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9191_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9192_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9193_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9198_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9202_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9204_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9208_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9211_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9215_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9216_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9217_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9218_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9223_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Thanks for looking!
On Mill Lee Road are the former water board filter houses which filtered water from the Agden, Dale Dike and Strines reservoirs in Bradfield Dale. The filter houses were built in 1913 and extended in 1953. In 1930 the Filter House was the first building in the village to have a telephone installed. The Filter House closed in 1995 as a larger new modern water treatment plant was opened in the Loxley Valley. The building is now derelict and its future unknown but it has found a use, as an artists canvas for various graffiti artists in the area.
Its position on a busy main road and the heras fences mean it is not the easiest access. There's not a great deal left inside of the old plant but the fantastic graffiti merit a visit in it's own right. It's quite a damp building so there's a turnover in the art on offer and a number of paintings in other reports has deteriorated quite quickly. Anyhow...on with the pictures:
img9182_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9184_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9185_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9186_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9188_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9191_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9192_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9193_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9198_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9202_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9204_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9208_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9211_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9215_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9216_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9217_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9218_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img9223_1 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Thanks for looking!