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<blockquote data-quote="HughieD" data-source="post: 356954" data-attributes="member: 25516"><p><strong><u>1. The History</u></strong></p><p>Taxal Lodge was originally built in 1904 as the home of Lt. Col. Henry Ramsden-Jodrell (born March 1871), one of six children John Charles Francis Ramsden, a Royal Artillery Captain and his wife Emma Susan Duncombe. Eton educated, he gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery and married Dorothy Lynch Cotton-Jodrell. He went on the have three daughters with her; Susan born in 1903, Francis in 1905 and Mary in 1916. During World War I he was director of the Ministry of Munitions during the First World War. </p><p></p><p>Taxal Lodge from the air in 1937:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/NyuG8M" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247516[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/NyuG8M" target="_blank">20181022_190742</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>When he died in 1950, the lodge was then sold and became a special school for 'disruptive or emotionally disturbed children' between the ages of 11-16, run by Stockport Education Authority. They spent weekdays at the school and were then allowed home at the weekends, if they had a home to go to. Those that didn’t stayed in another care-home nearby. </p><p></p><p>Two pictures of Taxal Lodge circa 1955:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aVZ8Ma" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247517[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aVZ8Ma" target="_blank">20181022_191050</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2cfGtPo" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247518[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2cfGtPo" target="_blank">20181023_001626</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>At its peak, between 50 and 60 boys lived at the Lodge. During its time as a school there were reported cases of abuse resulting in it now being considered a haunted place. For a balanced account of former pupil’s memories of their time at Taxal Lodge follow this link <a href="https://www.francisfrith.com/uk/taxal/memories" target="_blank">HERE</a> </p><p></p><p>The School changed its name in 1998 to The Taxal Centre. Its last Ofsted Report was in May 2004 before finally closing its doors in 2005. The lodge was apparently then sold on the 13th March 2009 for £900,000, according to houseprices.co.uk. In 2010, planners at High Peak Borough Council turned-down a building application to convert the Lodge into 14 homes, tabled by the new owners/developers, Ruttle Contacting Ltd from Chorley in Lancashire. The main reasons behind the refusal were around the concerns about extra traffic on Linglongs Road and the fact that the proposal did not include any ‘affordable housing’.</p><p></p><p>Later in the year, a fire damaged a large amount of the outbuildings including the gymnasium, but the main lodge was unaffected. Another fire occurred in May 2012. Since then the lodge has been left empty and open to the vandals and the elements and is now in a dire state of repair.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>2. The Explore</u></strong></p><p>We went expecting maximum derpage and so it came to be. The lodge is completely open and easy-to-access and also completely trashed. The roof has totally gone in places and subsequent water ingress has cause whole floors to fall through. The floors in the left-hand wing remain in situ and in better condition but still shady so we just stuck to the ground floor. The place is completely stripped with little in the way of original features to see. Things could have been so different for this place if planning permission was granted back in 2010. The decline of the lodge since then is quite staggering. The place is now destined to decay and fall down. It’s a shame as it started life as a lovely country pile and happy home for the Ramsden-Jodrell family. </p><p></p><p><strong><u>3. The Pictures</u></strong></p><p></p><p>One of the out-buildings:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/NwkPNr" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247519[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/NwkPNr" target="_blank">img9927</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>And the gable-end of another:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbsnbL" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247520[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbsnbL" target="_blank">img9928</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Front of house:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aTL4ea" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247521[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aTL4ea" target="_blank">img9929</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aTKLU6" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247522[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aTKLU6" target="_blank">img9930</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ccYfqL" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247523[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ccYfqL" target="_blank">img9931</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Presumably the family crest of the lodge’s builder:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbrtSo" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247524[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbrtSo" target="_blank">img9932</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>What were the house’s charming grounds, now overgrown:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2chwH6R" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247525[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2chwH6R" target="_blank">img9933</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Looking rather ‘open plan’ these days:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbqyUQ" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247526[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbqyUQ" target="_blank">img9939</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>1st floor on the ground floor:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbqPZE" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247527[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbqPZE" target="_blank">img9938</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Remains of the old pool table:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2chvM6M" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247528[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2chvM6M" target="_blank">img9944</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>More downstairs derpage:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aTHN5B" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247529[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aTHN5B" target="_blank">img9947</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ccWpDE" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247530[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ccWpDE" target="_blank">img9948</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aTHr4i" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247531[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aTHr4i" target="_blank">img9949</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The former kitchen area:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ccVVgN" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247532[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ccVVgN" target="_blank">img9950</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/Nwh7rz" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247533[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/Nwh7rz" target="_blank">img9952</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>More out-building dereliction:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ccV91h" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247534[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ccV91h" target="_blank">IMG9958</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/NwgeUx" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247535[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/NwgeUx" target="_blank">IMG9959</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ccUCdS" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247536[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2ccUCdS" target="_blank">IMG9960</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbo83y" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247537[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbo83y" target="_blank">IMG9961</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Random bath and table:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aTFuZ8" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247538[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aTFuZ8" target="_blank">IMG9964</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/29vRpQq" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247539[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/29vRpQq" target="_blank">IMG9967</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/Q9oL79" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247540[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/Q9oL79" target="_blank">img9969</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Yeah, right…</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbmwKh" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]247541[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2bbmwKh" target="_blank">img9971</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HughieD, post: 356954, member: 25516"] [B][U]1. The History[/U][/B] Taxal Lodge was originally built in 1904 as the home of Lt. Col. Henry Ramsden-Jodrell (born March 1871), one of six children John Charles Francis Ramsden, a Royal Artillery Captain and his wife Emma Susan Duncombe. Eton educated, he gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery and married Dorothy Lynch Cotton-Jodrell. He went on the have three daughters with her; Susan born in 1903, Francis in 1905 and Mary in 1916. During World War I he was director of the Ministry of Munitions during the First World War. Taxal Lodge from the air in 1937: [url=https://flic.kr/p/NyuG8M][ATTACH=full]247516[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/NyuG8M]20181022_190742[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr When he died in 1950, the lodge was then sold and became a special school for 'disruptive or emotionally disturbed children' between the ages of 11-16, run by Stockport Education Authority. They spent weekdays at the school and were then allowed home at the weekends, if they had a home to go to. Those that didn’t stayed in another care-home nearby. Two pictures of Taxal Lodge circa 1955: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2aVZ8Ma][ATTACH=full]247517[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2aVZ8Ma]20181022_191050[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2cfGtPo][ATTACH=full]247518[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2cfGtPo]20181023_001626[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr At its peak, between 50 and 60 boys lived at the Lodge. During its time as a school there were reported cases of abuse resulting in it now being considered a haunted place. For a balanced account of former pupil’s memories of their time at Taxal Lodge follow this link [URL="https://www.francisfrith.com/uk/taxal/memories"]HERE[/URL] The School changed its name in 1998 to The Taxal Centre. Its last Ofsted Report was in May 2004 before finally closing its doors in 2005. The lodge was apparently then sold on the 13th March 2009 for £900,000, according to houseprices.co.uk. In 2010, planners at High Peak Borough Council turned-down a building application to convert the Lodge into 14 homes, tabled by the new owners/developers, Ruttle Contacting Ltd from Chorley in Lancashire. The main reasons behind the refusal were around the concerns about extra traffic on Linglongs Road and the fact that the proposal did not include any ‘affordable housing’. Later in the year, a fire damaged a large amount of the outbuildings including the gymnasium, but the main lodge was unaffected. Another fire occurred in May 2012. Since then the lodge has been left empty and open to the vandals and the elements and is now in a dire state of repair. [B][U]2. The Explore[/U][/B] We went expecting maximum derpage and so it came to be. The lodge is completely open and easy-to-access and also completely trashed. The roof has totally gone in places and subsequent water ingress has cause whole floors to fall through. The floors in the left-hand wing remain in situ and in better condition but still shady so we just stuck to the ground floor. The place is completely stripped with little in the way of original features to see. Things could have been so different for this place if planning permission was granted back in 2010. The decline of the lodge since then is quite staggering. The place is now destined to decay and fall down. It’s a shame as it started life as a lovely country pile and happy home for the Ramsden-Jodrell family. [B][U]3. The Pictures[/U][/B] One of the out-buildings: [url=https://flic.kr/p/NwkPNr][ATTACH=full]247519[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/NwkPNr]img9927[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr And the gable-end of another: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbsnbL][ATTACH=full]247520[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbsnbL]img9928[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Front of house: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2aTL4ea][ATTACH=full]247521[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2aTL4ea]img9929[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2aTKLU6][ATTACH=full]247522[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2aTKLU6]img9930[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ccYfqL][ATTACH=full]247523[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ccYfqL]img9931[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Presumably the family crest of the lodge’s builder: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbrtSo][ATTACH=full]247524[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbrtSo]img9932[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr What were the house’s charming grounds, now overgrown: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2chwH6R][ATTACH=full]247525[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2chwH6R]img9933[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Looking rather ‘open plan’ these days: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbqyUQ][ATTACH=full]247526[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbqyUQ]img9939[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr 1st floor on the ground floor: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbqPZE][ATTACH=full]247527[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbqPZE]img9938[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Remains of the old pool table: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2chvM6M][ATTACH=full]247528[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2chvM6M]img9944[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr More downstairs derpage: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2aTHN5B][ATTACH=full]247529[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2aTHN5B]img9947[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ccWpDE][ATTACH=full]247530[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ccWpDE]img9948[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2aTHr4i][ATTACH=full]247531[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2aTHr4i]img9949[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr The former kitchen area: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ccVVgN][ATTACH=full]247532[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ccVVgN]img9950[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/Nwh7rz][ATTACH=full]247533[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Nwh7rz]img9952[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr More out-building dereliction: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ccV91h][ATTACH=full]247534[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ccV91h]IMG9958[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/NwgeUx][ATTACH=full]247535[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/NwgeUx]IMG9959[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2ccUCdS][ATTACH=full]247536[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2ccUCdS]IMG9960[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbo83y][ATTACH=full]247537[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbo83y]IMG9961[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Random bath and table: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2aTFuZ8][ATTACH=full]247538[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2aTFuZ8]IMG9964[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/29vRpQq][ATTACH=full]247539[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/29vRpQq]IMG9967[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/Q9oL79][ATTACH=full]247540[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Q9oL79]img9969[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Yeah, right… [url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbmwKh][ATTACH=full]247541[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2bbmwKh]img9971[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [/QUOTE]
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