Old McDonalds Farm (November 2013)

zeroUE · Nov 19, 2013

Old McDonalds Farm, visited with Banshee, nice to meet you at last!

Well.... what to say about this place.... it's an old farm and attached house and it's somewhere that for whatever reason hasn't really been explored in the past, despite being connected to a well known location and no doubt many of you may recognise the place.

It was nice to see a farm with a difference, the architecture and design of the buildings were not of your normal type. It's almost as if it was designed by an architect who would normally design buildings of a different nature, indeed the arched doorways reminded me very much of a church for some reason....

Thanks for looking folks! Theres also a full gallery of all the photos on my site at

http://www.zerourbex.co.uk/2013/11/old-mcdonalds-farm/

smiler · Nov 19, 2013

I’ll be interested to read what others have to say about this place but I think its got a lot of age to it, ace pics, I loved the fire surround on the ground floor. Many Thanks.

krela · Nov 19, 2013

Oooh I like that a lot. Yeah I agree smiler it's very old school farming, pre war I'd say. Not modernised at all.

Thanks Zero.

zeroUE · Nov 19, 2013

thanks folks!

It is a pre war building yes

oldscrote · Nov 19, 2013

What a wonderful range of buildings,what I reckon you have there is a Victorian model farm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_Farm

thanks for sharing

zeroUE · Nov 19, 2013

oldscrote said:
What a wonderful range of buildings,what I reckon you have there is a Victorian model farm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_Farm

thanks for sharing

thanks for that link, but unfortunately thats not why the architecture is different. Its specific to this location and the architect in question

Mr beady · Nov 19, 2013

If its next to a famous college then I think it's the building we all thought of not bothering. Looks alright to be fair

Stealthstar79 · Nov 19, 2013

Really like that!
Great pics
Thanks..

zeroUE · Nov 19, 2013

Mr beady said:
If its next to a famous college then I think it's the building we all thought of not bothering. Looks alright to be fair

I think I know the college in question, its in the process of being f***ed up as we speak

smiler · Nov 19, 2013

oldscrote said:
What a wonderful range of buildings,what I reckon you have there is a Victorian model farm

Yeah I can see where your coming from, without knowing where the farm is I can’t be sure but what’s nagging at me is the shape of the doors and windows, and if ther is a ruined monastery nearby, after the reformation a lot of stuff got recycled many times.

Mr beady · Nov 19, 2013

zeroUE said:
I think I know the college in question, its in the process of being f***ed up as we speak

How comes?

LittleOz · Nov 19, 2013

Very nice that. Certainly looks more churchy than farmy on those exterior shots. Thanks for sharing.

mockingbird · Nov 19, 2013

this place has a tonne of vibes coming from it, cheers for sharing

flyboys90 · Nov 19, 2013

The stables look Georgian/early Victorian.Great report your right the brown tiled fire surround is a belter.

zeroUE · Nov 19, 2013

Mr beady said:
How comes?

Sent you a pm mate!

Nikokas · Nov 19, 2013

You just blew my mind !!!!
Awesome !!!!

Até já

smiler · Nov 19, 2013

Well this post has caught the interest of many of us, the iron pillars certainly look 19th century as Olldscrote pointed out, a nd I May well be wrong with my supposition about the reuse of the Windows. Great post Zero,Thanks Again.

zeroUE · Nov 19, 2013

smiler said:
Well this post has caught the interest of many of us, the iron pillars certainly look 19th century as Olldscrote pointed out, a nd I May well be wrong with my supposition about the reuse of the Windows. Great post Zero,Thanks Again.

Thanks mate! There's no reuse it's all original

Judderman62 · Nov 19, 2013

I like that lots too

smiler · Nov 19, 2013

zeroUE said:
Thanks mate! There's no reuse it's all original

Sorry Zero. I didn’t mean to suggest otherwise, damned I phone, too modern for me. Great Post Thanks

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