Bryn-Madog-Bach House and Derry Ormond railway station 2014

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egodge

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Photos by both egodge and Tempests Avatar. Apologies for the annoying line in some of the photos - there is a crack somewhere in the camera.

Bryn Madog Bach House

Having passed the house on a number of occasions, I finally explored it with Tempests Avatar quite recently. I don't know anything about the history of the house, however leaflets and fliers found inside suggest that it was occupied either lawfully or unlawfully until 1999. I say this because the house had an outside toilet and we found no evidence of a bath - leading me to think that it has possibly been unoccupied longer as I would expect to find a bathroom in an occupied house in the '90's, however I may be wrong. This being said, the upstairs over the kitchen had collapsed, so perhaps there was a bathroom there.

The house doesn't look in too bad condition from the front, however on closer inspection nasty cracks are evident, particularly the top right hand window; and as already mentioned the back of the house has fallen in. So here are some photographs of our visit, hope you enjoy. :)

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First we explored the outbuildings at the back of the house.

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Then we entered the main building. The roof was quite badly damaged in places.

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The old cooker

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Boarded up windows suggest that the owner once intened to repair or resell the house. Now it has been left to the elements.

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The layers of time

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A lovely fireplace

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Fliers dated to 1999

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We became quite fascinated with the layers of wallpaper. Here there are at least 6 different patterns.

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More layers

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Beautiful design indicating that the room was once a childrens bedroom

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Upstairs the roof is also damaged and home to creepers

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Derry Ormond Station

Derry Ormond station was one of many along the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen line, which was first opened in 1867. The twentieth century saw various problems on the railway and this particular station was closed in 1970. The station itself was renamed to Derry Ormond station after the owners of the local estate, who also had the Derry Ormond Tower built. (Information adapted from wikipedia and local information boards.)

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Thanks for viewing :)
 
Nice standard of report there :) I'm liking the layers of wallpaper too!
 
Nice to see a couple of my old haunts there. Bryn-Madog-bâch was in much the same state back in 2005. Not sure how long it'd been empty, but a surprising number of houses in that area lacked modern conveniences until quite recently so it might not be as long as you'd think.
 
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I say this because the house had an outside toilet and we found no evidence of a bath - leading me to think that it has possibly been unoccupied longer as I would expect to find a bathroom in an occupied house in the


This is popular belief, however, it isn't until you come to sell the property and even then not necessary. Though it may have been in the fallen room, as you say.
 
Thankyou everyone for your comments :)

And thanks for the info:

The Archivist
a surprising number of houses in that area lacked modern conveniences until quite recently so it might not be as long as you'd think.
lincsguy39
This is popular belief, however, it isn't until you come to sell the property and even then not necessary. Though it may have been in the fallen room, as you say.

Kind of wondered about the bathroom thing - its so easy sometimes to forget that not every house contains the things that is generally expected of them. I don't know muuch about other houses in the local area so it is interesting to hear that a fair few of them don't contain indoor bathrooms etc.
:)
 
I've had the house in my list for a while, but its under "its worth it if your passing" not a lot left by the looks of it but your done a good job of capturing what's left.
(Did you have a look at the farm up the road?? that's also on our "its worth it if your passing" list as it might now be in use)
 
cunningplan
(Did you have a look at the farm up the road?? that's also on our "its worth it if your passing" list as it might now be in use

There are a couple of farms I know of nearby - the nearest one I think is just off the crossroads however that is in use - at least there were people about when we were at the house! There are a few others but again all in use - although I will keep an eye out - I didn't know anything about an abandoned farm up that way though there are a fair few buildings hiding about. If I find it I'll post a report up here :)
 

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