House 218

This house is set back from the road hidden by trees. It's quite a nice little place with a few bits to photograph. There doesn't seem to be much vandalism although it does look like someone had tried to set light to the sofa at some point! I don't know much else about the property as this house is in Norfolk and I visited while on holiday in the area and Mikeymutt was giving me a tour of some of the local derelict houses.































Thanks for looking,

Rubex

I do love this little house rubex..it's certainly well hidden.nice set there

I liked that Rubex, seems you had fine day for it,Thanks

Mikeymutt said:

I do love this little house rubex..it's certainly well hidden.nice set there

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Thanks Mikeymutt

smiler said:

I liked that Rubex, seems you had fine day for it,Thanks

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Thank you Smiler! Yes it was a lovely sunny day - I was quite lucky all week with the weather

Nice one! Another great report!

Nice one Rubex, I like the greenery popping up in the last photo

Rubex said:

There doesn't seem to be much vandalism although it does look like someone had tried to set light to the sofa at some point!
Rubex

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Looking at the set up, they were hoping to cause the fire to burn through to the wooden floor and then cause a serious conflagration. Thankfully their arsonist's fire-lighter wasn't constructed very well, also old horse hair stuffing is not the best material to sustain a fire.

Ha ha..good work again. Is the whole of Norfolk derelict or what!?

Dirus_Strictus said:

Looking at the set up, they were hoping to cause the fire to burn through to the wooden floor and then cause a serious conflagration. Thankfully their arsonist's fire-lighter wasn't constructed very well, also old horse hair stuffing is not the best material to sustain a fire.

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I'm so glad the fire didn't take hold. Thanks for the info, I didn't even realise that was horsehair stuffing in that sofa!

HughieD said:

Ha ha..good work again. Is the whole of Norfolk derelict or what!?

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It seems that way Hughie and Cambridgeshire too!

Would have thought the smell of burning horsehair was enough to put any would be arsonist off! Cracking shots & thanks for sharing.

flyboys90 said:

Would have thought the smell of burning horsehair was enough to put any would be arsonist off! Cracking shots & thanks for sharing.

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I agree Flyboys! I don't think that would smell very nice at all!!

Thanks as always for the lovely comments everybody

flyboys90 said:

Would have thought the smell of burning horsehair was enough to put any would be arsonist off! Cracking shots & thanks for sharing.

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Perhaps the smell is why they buggered off and the fire failed to take hold.

Rubex said:

I'm so glad the fire didn't take hold. Thanks for the info, I didn't even realise that was horsehair stuffing in that sofa!

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Horse hair was a common material used at one time, but other fibres have also been used - jute or hemp spring to mind. All the old settees that I have got rid of over the years, seemed to have a layer of horse hair pocking through the worn/torn fabric coverings.