I've been waiting for a while to share this one with you guys, the anticipation of sorting out the photos as I got nearer to it was almost unbearable as this was my joint favourite spot of my entire trip.
It was my favourite not just because of how amazing the place was, but because for once I can actually claim a 'first'. As far as I am aware, nobody has explored here before, probably because it's attached to an active school and all the internet sites it's detailed on list it as being an active building still. I found it completely by accident, I was randomly scouting Google maps as I do when planning explore trips and saw a peculiar shaped building which stuck out a mile. My curiousity was piqued and out of sheer interest in what the place was, abandoned or not, I changed to street view and there on the lawn was a big sign announcing the impending sale of the building. I marked it on my map and planned to include it on my trip as a 'go and see'...and the rest, as they say, is history.
Before turning up part of me expected it to be in use still, part of me expected it to be completely sealed or if accessible, alarmed. Turning up we peered through the front windows and it showed obvious signs of dereliction so we were good in that regard but I never actually expected to be able to access it. My jaw hit the deck when I walked in, the scale and size of the place is like nothing I've seen before in a religious building. We spent a few minutes stood near the door scanning for PIRs but could see none, I did however note that the only thing that seemingly separated us from the active parts of the building was a single plastic sheet like they use in asbestos clearance taped over the entrance to the corridor.
After picking my jaw up off the floor two things were clear - that the active part uses the back area as storage and it looks to have been closed a lot longer than the year or so I originally suspected. Some areas around the outer walls are suffering badly from damp and rot with paint and plaster falling to the floor and peeling.
I wish I'd taken more photos, but I was so busy being in awe at the place I didn't take as many as I'd have normally hoped to. The back rooms were all pretty empty and boring though compared to the main part...
Thanks for looking
It was my favourite not just because of how amazing the place was, but because for once I can actually claim a 'first'. As far as I am aware, nobody has explored here before, probably because it's attached to an active school and all the internet sites it's detailed on list it as being an active building still. I found it completely by accident, I was randomly scouting Google maps as I do when planning explore trips and saw a peculiar shaped building which stuck out a mile. My curiousity was piqued and out of sheer interest in what the place was, abandoned or not, I changed to street view and there on the lawn was a big sign announcing the impending sale of the building. I marked it on my map and planned to include it on my trip as a 'go and see'...and the rest, as they say, is history.
Before turning up part of me expected it to be in use still, part of me expected it to be completely sealed or if accessible, alarmed. Turning up we peered through the front windows and it showed obvious signs of dereliction so we were good in that regard but I never actually expected to be able to access it. My jaw hit the deck when I walked in, the scale and size of the place is like nothing I've seen before in a religious building. We spent a few minutes stood near the door scanning for PIRs but could see none, I did however note that the only thing that seemingly separated us from the active parts of the building was a single plastic sheet like they use in asbestos clearance taped over the entrance to the corridor.
After picking my jaw up off the floor two things were clear - that the active part uses the back area as storage and it looks to have been closed a lot longer than the year or so I originally suspected. Some areas around the outer walls are suffering badly from damp and rot with paint and plaster falling to the floor and peeling.
I wish I'd taken more photos, but I was so busy being in awe at the place I didn't take as many as I'd have normally hoped to. The back rooms were all pretty empty and boring though compared to the main part...
Thanks for looking