The Masters Place - Feb - 2015

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brickworx

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First off, I have to give credit and thanks to Stufish for the tip on this previously unreported location - appreciated as ever mate.

A beautifully sunny day in the midst of a spate of wet weather and off I go.... Tbh, I wasn't expecting much so was pleasantly surprised to find this little gem full of decay and plenty of leftbehinds.

The decay is mostly down to the fact half of the roof tiles have been removed and neatly stacked in one room leaving a good percentage of the place wide open to the elements. As for the leftbehinds, well they are there in abundance as you can see below.

The metal fairies have done their work but from what I can see, many of the everyday items remain as if the place had been truly abandoned by the couple who lived here .... I say 'truly' because as far as I know, this place is unreported and I set nothing up (aside from the photo slide pics) but found all sorts of stuff in place as if the residents had suddenly and simply disappeared.....I can only assume some tragedy took the both of them simultaneously and the house has stood more or less as it was left, rotting alongside their memories ever since.

Anyways, no history but I have named it 'The Masters Place' due to the massive amount of vinyl on a label of a similar name I found strewn around.

Please note, its quite pic heavy but I ended up with hundreds and could of took more! :)

On with pics - full slideshow with loads more pics available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125506319@N04/sets/72157650894716402/show/


16392167569_d349726627_c.jpgExterior by Brickworx, on Flickr


16577353792_84cb259f64_c.jpgOutLounge by Brickworx, on Flickr


16391038690_eb1ffeb68f_c.jpgCoatsStillHanging by Brickworx, on Flickr

16576810971_c40de1e2b6_c.jpgLightsAndTiles by Brickworx, on Flickr

16390832148_08c93d8c5b_c.jpgTheMastersVoice by Brickworx, on Flickr

16577336342_e1f592e0f3_c.jpgRustyTins by Brickworx, on Flickr

16577337752_81e21c9422_c.jpgWeddingSnap by Brickworx, on Flickr

16576824641_ec0fbe6931_c.jpgBestBathroomEver by Brickworx, on Flickr

16577366932_14d229ed34_c.jpgPeelage by Brickworx, on Flickr

15955897594_60315dbf10_c.jpgSplashitAllOver by Brickworx, on Flickr

15958300563_da369e4ced_c.jpgCottageCheesePaper by Brickworx, on Flickr

15958270043_3692933e41_c.jpgBabySeat by Brickworx, on Flickr

16392180029_656279e7d1_c.jpgInYaWhites by Brickworx, on Flickr

15955938624_401549a7ec_c.jpgLenser by Brickworx, on Flickr

15958298893_5d35709cec_c.jpgLooksLikeLuv by Brickworx, on Flickr

16392198249_41630eeffc_c.jpgBooksOfOld by Brickworx, on Flickr

16392170809_944886250b_c.jpgNozzle by Brickworx, on Flickr

15958279153_0fd36affc5_c.jpgUpCloseAndDead by Brickworx, on Flickr


16576820191_e52bd0e278_c.jpgBubbleDecay by Brickworx, on Flickr


16390814508_d715477d74_c.jpgManInMasters by Brickworx, on Flickr


Thanks for looking

Brickworx
 
Great report. People on driveway of next door prevented my trip today but there will be another time.
I may just have to use the curlers whist i'm there, I need a new hair do. :arghh:
 
Great find. I love your photos of the cottage cheese paper and old books. Even though I've only done 4 explores so far, old houses are quickly becoming a favourite.
 
Great find. I love your photos of the cottage cheese paper and old books. Even though I've only done 4 explores so far, old houses are quickly becoming a favourite.

Yeah, the paper is a close up of the stack of magazines seen in the 'aftershave' shot and looks truly organic....I love decay but that pic actually makes me feel nauseous! :sick:
 
That looks like another great find with loads of little old bits and pieces. Odd that the roof tiles were taken off?
 
Yeah, the paper is a close up of the stack of magazines seen in the 'aftershave' shot and looks truly organic....I love decay but that pic actually makes me feel nauseous! :sick:

Really bad smells make me nauseous. Decay is fascinating. :GEEK:
 
That looks like another great find with loads of little old bits and pieces. Odd that the roof tiles were taken off?

Firstly; I must congratulate Brickworx on the amazing Flickr set produced - anybody that wants to research the history of this place and its last occupants, will find the photographs full of relevant clues. The full set is an object lesson on how to fully record that increasing rarity - a truly unexplored habitation with no 'Arty' rearranging of objects. I'll even forgive the arrangement of the Kodachrome transparencies (processed and probably taken in 1966), it allows the subjects to be seen.

As to the missing roof tiles, major clue is the bundles of tiles inside the property. These are not roofing tiles, rather exterior wall cladding tiles and the fact that some bundles are held together by plastic wrapping, indicates they had been purchased for an ongoing job on the property. Given the fact that there are some Dormer to Roofline finishing tiles propped against the radiator, I surmise that an area of original roof tiles had been removed prior to building work commencing on a tile clad dormer extension to a loft area. In a bungalow one does not need scaffolding as this type of conversion can be mostly done from the floor of the loft. The usual plastic tarp normally used to protect the open roof area has obviously blown away with the passage of time, in the Flickr set there is even a stack of insulation sheets for the dormer walls. As Brickworx states, this place certainly has the look of a very quick and sudden abandonment.
 
Firstly; I must congratulate Brickworx on the amazing Flickr set produced - anybody that wants to research the history of this place and its last occupants, will find the photographs full of relevant clues. The full set is an object lesson on how to fully record that increasing rarity - a truly unexplored habitation with no 'Arty' rearranging of objects. I'll even forgive the arrangement of the Kodachrome transparencies (processed and probably taken in 1966), it allows the subjects to be seen.

As to the missing roof tiles, major clue is the bundles of tiles inside the property. These are not roofing tiles, rather exterior wall cladding tiles and the fact that some bundles are held together by plastic wrapping, indicates they had been purchased for an ongoing job on the property. Given the fact that there are some Dormer to Roofline finishing tiles propped against the radiator, I surmise that an area of original roof tiles had been removed prior to building work commencing on a tile clad dormer extension to a loft area. In a bungalow one does not need scaffolding as this type of conversion can be mostly done from the floor of the loft. The usual plastic tarp normally used to protect the open roof area has obviously blown away with the passage of time, in the Flickr set there is even a stack of insulation sheets for the dormer walls. As Brickworx states, this place certainly has the look of a very quick and sudden abandonment.

Thanks Dirius... some much appreciated words there and also great insight to the roof tiles conundrum....thinking on it, the only sections that where removed where around the the loft area and I also found a lot of the blue tarp outside so what you are saying makes sense.

Thanks for the kind words, it really was a good explore.
 
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