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Came across this long abandoned house on a little used public footpath the other day. When I got there it was really misty so I was going to get some real Silent Hill shots of the outside, but by the time I finished indoors it had all gone. Bummer.

Anyway, a few shots:

Outside
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In the front room
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Same room, different perspective. The old range was flanked by cupboards either side which still had drawers in them:
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There wasn't very much sign that people had lived here, as the house looks to have been abandoned for a long time. It sits in fields right at the foot of the Pennines, and there is no evidence that there has ever been a proper access track to it. I assume that whoever lived here would simply have walked to his work in the surrounding fields and not really gone any further than the nearest village, and that would presumably date the last occupation to around the time of the last world war.

In fact, the only personal artifact was an old iron bedstead, perched on the remains of a bedroom floor:
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The master bedroom, lots of bird shit and bracken:
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The "Skylight"
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Cheers for looking
X
 
Lovely. :)

Old stuff like this has real character. I know of many ruins like this where there is absolutely no sign of an access road. Perhaps as a car society we expect our cars to take us to our front doors as a matter of course?

I love the simplicity of the life these folk lived. Brash from the nearby woods that warmed the house and cooked their food. Plants and berries growing nearby along with their own livestock to provide the food they ate. I know it wasn't ideal but I too long for a simpler life such as that.

Thanks for sharing. :)
 
Great old house that. Theres loads of stuff like this in the North Pennines from the mining days but most are too remote for people to bother renovating.
 
Great set of pics. particularly the first one its got such great atmosphere, more like a frosty morning than an evening shot. I may even set it as my Desktop so I get a regular look at it.
Many thanks,
matsorjc
 
Cheers everyone. Re staying the night, it actually has quite a nice atmosphere to it, but you might find it difficult to find somewhere to lie down that wasn't covered in pigeon shit, and also would spend the whole night dodging falling slates.
 

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