Eastend mansion house - Scotland

[fire*fly]

what an amazing place more pics please

 

[Alir147]

one step better, here's my flickr gallery for this place, with almost all the photos I have for this site.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scotlands-forgotten-places/sets/72157606415078101/

and here's the mingin' corridor I mentioned

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scotlands-forgotten-places/2706760045/in/set-72157606415078101/

 

[Twisted Nerve]

The building looks to be in pretty good shape really, as long as it’s structurally sound then it can be renovated without too much effort.

 

[Urban Shadow]

Can anyone private message me the details of how to get here?

 

[Pegasus2]

why is such a lovely place derelict anyway?

 

[Alir147]

why is such a lovely place derelict anyway?

It's derelict because of the dry rot unfortunately. There's been plans for a long time to get it back in use again, but it's always been too costly.

 

[Urban Shadow]

This place looks cracking man, honestly looks epic, almost has a fairy tale thing about it.

 

[Daydreamer]

What a fab building, adore the staircase!

 

[guy0wen]

This place look amazing i'm fascinated by it. Does anyone know of any similar mansions like this in the northwest/north wales area. This report has inspired me to go and have a look around one.

 

[escortmad79]

There are plenty in Scotland but you are encouraged to do your own reseach on here

 

[maden_2]

It wouldn't be beyond repair if someone was willing to put enough money into it, most places like this are converted rather than renovated, in which case it's a matter of maximum profit so they end up stripping the place to the shell even if the interiors are salvageable

Same difference mate. Renovated, converted...

Dry Rot, prevolent in this building is very very costly, which would involve replacing every timber in the structure (this of course depending on how far the fungi has actually moved through wood), as the fungi involved can move through any piece of wood that it comes into contact with, and has been known to move through dry stone walls (i.e. grow a limb) in order to seek more tasty wood.

Even though you would be getting a very lovely house if you did have the money, in all honesty, it is beyond repair, as the monetary value required to inject into the project wouldn't outweigh the return that you would get on it.

Otherwords, it would cost a bomb, even stripping it back to the shell (wet walls etc, fucked gyproc) and re-building from scratch.