Final report from my trip to Northern Ireland. I’d gotten up early to look at a couple of derps not far from where we were staying (see previous report HERE) and I was just on the way back to base. As I drove past this house I saw the curtains flapping out the window. Having pulled up and walked back up the road I saw that this roadside house was abandoned. With the front window accessible I decided to have a look with expectations pretty low, given the location and the previous derps I’d looked round. Hence on first glance I couldn’t believe my eyes. The place was absolutely packed with stuff. At last I’d found a proper derp house to look round.
Despite some search on the internet I could shed no light on the history of this place. Clearly once the house’s residence Alfred and Fanny had both passed away there was no family to pass the house to and it has just remained empty since. The calendar on the wall would hint that the house has been abandoned from 2006. The place was packed full of stuff and despite it being in a bit of a mess the place hadn’t been trashed and vandalised – quite surprising given the house’s prominent location.
So, nothing spectacular but plenty to photograph. I have to say, given the number of personal effects still left in this place it was tinged with a heavy sense of sadness.
Full-frontal:
Roadside house 09 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Said curtain that alerted me to this place’s state:
img0566 by HughieDW, on Flickr
The sight that first greeted me after hopping through the window:
img0565 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Roadside house 05 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0568 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0569 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Coal still in the bucket:
img0571 by HughieDW, on Flickr
A broken and glued Josiah Spode blue and white plate:
img0572 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Earlier mentioned calendar:
Roadside house 06 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Roadside house 04 by HughieDW, on Flickr
On to the living room:
img0585 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Roadside house 02 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0587 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Roadside house 01 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Roadside house 03 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Up-stairs was equally as messy:
img0588 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0589 by HughieDW, on Flickr
But these family pictures remain:
img0591 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0593 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Roadside house 08 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Bye bye, little house of memories:
img0594 by HughieDW, on Flickr