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visited this old converted Manor House in Scotland with missy.its somewhere I have fancied for a while.the place is in a terrible state.the floors are rotten.there is no roof due to fires and trees growing in the upper spaces.i did brave the upstairs up the none existent steps.you could only acsess one room and the landing.there is actually only a few rooms to see here.but the woodwork in them alone is worth the visit.we were on the last bit.missy was in a little room there was no roof above it and I was in the corridor.when I heard a large noise.it was a massive section of upstairs collapsing I went into the room to were she was to check all was ok and she said she just witnessed it come down through the window opposite her.we made our way out not long after that.i wanted to get up to the tower but I was told no after the collapse ha ha.the house was built in Italian style,made out of sandstone for a former engineer.the house was sold to the health authority in 1921 and was in use till 2005 used as a child and maternity hospital until 1944 when it was used as a paediatric unit up until 1991 when it was used as NHS HQ when it was put up for sale.there has been several interests in it for converting.and in 2014 it was sold to be developed in apartments and as of now still lays there rotting away.
