St. Claire's Convent

To a cacophony of doors banging in the wind and fire alarms going off inside I slinked my way into the convent building





Although it is fairly stripped inside, there are some nice details left



The access door into the chapel is locked solid, but you can get a reasonable view from a small balcony






SUPREME QUALITY



Lack of maintenance is starting to take its toll, with damp and fungus appearing in places.





Blossom



Hmm, wonder what possessed them to lash those red tiles onto the porch



At a nearby disused building, and the theme for the day...

That is such a delightful building, Lost. And, as you said, so many nice details to see. The latch and door handle is gorgeous.
Cheers

Door handle is lined with very soft leather.
My first proper explore with my new camera, so some of the pics are a bit iffy...

Yeyyyy
Very nice!

I was away to see, I've seen that "grantie" before ... I have the exact same shot.
Were there skips of treasure outside?

Anyway, here are some of my pictures from the convent, hope you don't mind me adding them to your thread =]

Ooh, such wonderful things! Lovely pics both of you.

I wish I could have got inside the chapel. Just need to make a rope ladder.
There were no skips of goodies, looked pretty peaceful actually

wow, what an amazing place! Great pics too, any ideas when it shut?

it closed about 2 years ago!!

Nice one lost, I can see why you wanted to go there.

It does look really gorgeous. Very tranquil. Great pics!

Was the smoke detector still beeping that it had a low battery?