Crookham Court School / Manor - August 2014

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derelictwom

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Hi all,

So this is my first post. I have been on numerous explores but not posted anything to this site yet, but this is where that changes...

I'm glad that I got to have a look around this place. I'd been wanting to get inside for a while but the mission of a journey had been putting me off. Inside, mould and decay are starting to take over some parts but that just made for some better & grimier photos! From the outside the building looks awesome and I didn't realise the scale of the place until I was standing in its shadow.

So here is some history on the building, although we all know this already...

The building has served as a manor house and a junior school, before being abandoned as a boarding school which was the subject of a 1988 BBC investigation for the television programme That's Life which led to three members of staff being convicted of sexual abuse. In 1990 the owner of the school, Philip Cadman, was sentenced to ten years in prison .The school has been abandoned since 1989. It was shut down after it was at the centre of the series of high-profile child abuse cases.

On with some snaps - I hope you enjoy!

14972030695_69bf2d7371_b.jpgFront of House

14785321247_fbcd30f9e1_b.jpgTest Tube Rack

14948618556_1549800193_b.jpgPills

14785221339_205225c644_b.jpgThe Bath Room

14785338900_883e06b458_b.jpgSkylit Cloakroom

14971612095_a4b3f22526_b.jpgThe Cricket Ball

14969042021_d168d4d878_b.jpgThe Green Arches

14948671226_dddf3dfeb0_b.jpgCorridor Decay

14785132708_7118d4af2f_b.jpgThe Survivor

14784975430_91df55601c_b.jpgUnhappy Room

14785511388_932e95bd07_b.jpgWooden Curtains

14971448282_fd8b0006cd_b.jpgDorm Corridors

14972080415_f46426aaa9_b.jpgDingy Staircase

14948726246_e22824e2fe_b.jpgStaircase

14968959191_b58b78b331_b.jpgIn The Garden
 
When you were there, did you hear anyone else? if so, that might have been me and my explorer partner!

Someone got in while we were there, and then seemed to hide until we left. We then saw them from outside, in the Mirror room. Were you camping there?
 
When you were there, did you hear anyone else? if so, that might have been me and my explorer partner!

Someone got in while we were there, and then seemed to hide until we left. We then saw them from outside, in the Mirror room. Were you camping there?

I visited last week. There was a couple of people walking around the outside when I arrived . We must have been there at different times, we didn't hide from anyone haha
 
I visited last week. There was a couple of people walking around the outside when I arrived . We must have been there at different times, we didn't hide from anyone haha

Early Tuesday morning? We were upstairs and heard a loud crash downstairs and then nothing. That's why we thought someone was hiding. We were hoping whoever it was might introduce themselves! :)
 
Early Tuesday morning? We were upstairs and heard a loud crash downstairs and then nothing. That's why we thought someone was hiding. We were hoping whoever it was might introduce themselves! :)

When ive been inside here, i was on my own first time, and i heard a massive loud crash downstairs, i froze! And there was NO ONE else there when i was there i was sure of it. I was upstairs but the corridor leading to the room with the big mirror. Creepy
 
When ive been inside here, i was on my own first time, and i heard a massive loud crash downstairs, i froze! And there was NO ONE else there when i was there i was sure of it. I was upstairs but the corridor leading to the room with the big mirror. Creepy
Ha!! We were just inside the Mirror Room when we heard it! We didn't think there was anyone there either.
 
Early Tuesday morning? We were upstairs and heard a loud crash downstairs and then nothing. That's why we thought someone was hiding. We were hoping whoever it was might introduce themselves! :)

Nooo, later on in the week :) I didn't hear any bangs or crashes but it certainly is a strange place!
 
Great set of photos and great report.looks like someone has cleaned that bath since my visit with mr muscle
 

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