Wolterton Hall August 2011, Norfolk

Hi everyone. This is my 1st report. I wasn't planning to have a report to put up quite so soon, but i have!! I was out with family walking around Walterton Hall estate. I was surprised to find outhouses that had seen better days, stables etc. I hope this is an ok effort for a 1st post. Will look forward to your feedback.

Welcome sign



St Mary's Church, Walterton. Unfortunately I couldn't get any closer





Farmyard!





Any guesses? lol



Random or what. This was in the farmyard!!



Again, any guesses gratefully received!



Outhouse...



Old stables



Thought this was just another outhouse to be explored, but when i got closer, i heard this noise which i later found out was a huge turkey, needless to say i didn't hang around rofl!



Window...



Hidden stable...



Another hidden stable...



The obligatory PRIVATE sign



Oooh let me in lol!



Interesting looking building...



Same building as above, on closer inspection through the windows were sign of life



Not quite sure how this fits in with a Manor House lol





Working clock tower



Guarding the Manor



The Manor itself, which is currently undergoing conservation work. I couldn't get too close as there were loads of builders about.



Thanks for looking.
Yellowbelly1981

Well done on your first report,you have got the bug now

Good pics and captions,its amazing just what you find and come across on explores.

An interesting looking place.

Welcome to DP by the way

johno23 said:

Well done on your first report,you have got the bug now

Good pics and captions,its amazing just what you find and come across on explores.

An interesting looking place.

Welcome to DP by the way

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Ta Dad. Not sure why my pics are small.

yellowbelly1981 said:

Ta Dad. Not sure why my pics are small.

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If you click on them they enlarge,no probs,will help you sort it for next report

Great pics. Looks like a good place to mooch about and there's a little bit of history about the place too

Well done on your first report

You will soon get the hang of it all

I enjoyed looking at your pics. I like the petrol pump & the clock is nice.

Welcome along to DP

Em_Ux said:

You will soon get the hang of it all

I enjoyed looking at your pics. I like the petrol pump & the clock is nice.

Welcome along to DP

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Thank you very much

The grey box with the four plastic cable/tubing retainers is just a standard IP switch/instrument/equipment box.

Fuel pumps or the remains of associated pipework and tanks are very common on agricultural properties such as this. In the era when this would have been a well maintained and productive farm with a very large landholding, the fuel distribution network in the UK was much smaller in rural areas. The road tankers were smaller and delivery times longer, thus most of the larger farms had quite large underground tankage for petrol, derv and TVO fuels.

johno23 said:

If you click on them they enlarge,no probs,will help you sort it for next report

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Hey, that works, much better views Thanks.
Good first post YB I enjoyed it, Thanks.

I really enjoyed that....well done. It's scary on a first report isn't it. That was very good. Thanku I liked the tower picture and the petrol pump

Some really nice and varied remains there. Love the church tower...it looks quite unusual.
Great first report, Yellow. Welcome to DP.

Good first report you have got some really good pictures you come across allsorts on explores welcome to Derelict Places

Drama Queen said:

Good first report you have got some really good pictures you come across allsorts on explores welcome to Derelict Places

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Aaaw ta lila sis xx