The Sweet Symphony Cottage - Image Heavy - August 2015

I've been sat on this little egg awhile, an with another trip lined up soon, an hopefully a trip to Scotland over Christmas, im sure my hard drive will be filled up again, so need to make some room.
Upon a trip a few months back, we decided to pay this little cottage a visit, now everytime I have done a trip up and down the country, we often stumble on one place that leaves us astounded, an not the usual places put on forums or fb groups, this place was one of those gems.

Walking for over an hour across soggy marshland, an massive stones, crossing some rivers and breathing in some mountain air, we soon saw this wonderful run down cottage in the distance, amongst many trees. We knew vaguely it would be good but we was not sure how good it would be, so upon entering we saw the grandfather clock and piano on the left hand side of the door and instantly we all smiled, I left the other two downstairs, while I ventured upstairs unsafe floors or not the place was packed and I wanted to see what I could find.

I soon come to the quick conclusion the last owners was indeed hoarders, opening a bedroom door an finding it cluttered in magazines and cabinets, I soon moved to the next room alas this was very much the same, decay setting in perfect and the walls oozing with green rot, I wonder what the other two below me had found, snapping enough shots, I soon ventured downstairs to see a gramophone on the cabinet, an with that I began shooting like a maniac overhearing the words "jesus look at this" and "how can this stuff still be here" I soon walked into the room where the muttering was coming from... and now my pictures shall do the talking...

Enjoy folks - please dont ask me for this location:

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As always thank you all for taking a peek around this cottage, more explores will be put up in September!

There's some interesting social history there, thank you.

Wow what an incredible report! Outstanding photography as usual.
Just fantastic, thanks for sharing

Superb shots here as per your usual. What a stuff there is in this house. I noticed that the house is a bit stuck in the fifties. From the evidence shown in your photos I had a fair idea where this house could be, but I'm not saying. If you're coming to Scotland I can pass on a couple of websites to help you. ScotlandsPlaces | Make the Connections is a database of all derelict buildings in Scotland with maps and gps data. www.maps.nls.uk is the National Library of Scotland maps. On that website you can select a Google map and then overprint a map of 1880 and fade that map out to see what was there and what is there now. I found that feature pretty useful.

Splendid report and pics and what a treasure trove.

Jobs a goodun MB, Most Enjoyable, Thanks

What a find! This is you at your best, thanks for posting.

Wow, what an amazing place and what amazing photos Mockingbird

im pretty sure that last book and the one of the letters is welsh, great report

Wonderful photos. That's a lovely pocket watch aswell

Sludden said:

What a find! This is you at your best, thanks for posting.

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Than you Sir, what a compliment! you can certainly tell when I like a place, compared to the usual drivel I often find myself in lol

Hugh Jorgan said:

Superb shots here as per your usual. What a stuff there is in this house. I noticed that the house is a bit stuck in the fifties. From the evidence shown in your photos I had a fair idea where this house could be, but I'm not saying. If you're coming to Scotland I can pass on a couple of websites to help you. ScotlandsPlaces | Make the Connections is a database of all derelict buildings in Scotland with maps and gps data. www.maps.nls.uk is the National Library of Scotland maps. On that website you can select a Google map and then overprint a map of 1880 and fade that map out to see what was there and what is there now. I found that feature pretty useful.

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Thank you for this! will certainly come in handy!

mockingbird said:

Than you Sir, what a compliment! you can certainly tell when I like a place, compared to the usual drivel I often find myself in lol

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You never post drivel and thanks also to Hugh again, I never knew such a site existed despite living in the place :embarrassed:

Sludden said:

You never post drivel and thanks also to Hugh again, I never knew such a site existed despite living in the place :embarrassed:

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Glad to be of assistance. I came across that website when I was on Genealogy Scottish family birth records census ancestry Scotland uk - ScotlandsPeople looking at my ancestry when that website popped up and I went on to it to see where my ancestors previously lived and worked.