Whitefields mansions, Cambridgeshire. October 2010
I have known about this site for some time now but have never got round to having a look around. After a bit of a nudge I finally had a look round and what a site it is!
Here’s a little bit of history for you….With thanks to UrbanX
As local legend goes the wealthy owner (whom I believe to be a retired master of St. Johns College at Cambridge University) had a ding-dong with his partner and started a bit of a burn up. Unfortunately due to it’s remote location, and access, the fire brigade didn’t arrive in time to save Whitefields. The mansion (what was left of it) was unceremoniously bulldozed into the swimming pool!
The site has a couple of features. There’s the mansion bulldozed into the swimming pool as mentioned above. There’s also an existing mansion definitely in need of a little tlc, A small guest/summer house, 2 pill boxes/bunkers, a newt population and what appears to be a small shed sunk into the ground so a few things to have a look at!
We guess the site was properly abandoned over 20 years ago.
Was quite a nice explore. Even though the site had the awful fire it had quite a nice feel to it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a building being taken over by nature so much it really is beautiful. One thing I did come across which I thought was a little unusual was a tent so would appear someone is camping on the site so something to think about as well as the newts if you are visiting.
Because the mansion has been taken over by nature so much it has been difficult for me to take pictures that really give you an idea of the place.
You might want to take a look at an earlier report by UrbanX that has some good photos of the place before nature really started to reclaim the mansion! http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=3722&highlight=whitefields+mansion
Ok here are a few pictures for you
The pill box/bunker
The swimming pool
Thanks to UrbanX for all the help and info on this one.
I have known about this site for some time now but have never got round to having a look around. After a bit of a nudge I finally had a look round and what a site it is!
Here’s a little bit of history for you….With thanks to UrbanX
As local legend goes the wealthy owner (whom I believe to be a retired master of St. Johns College at Cambridge University) had a ding-dong with his partner and started a bit of a burn up. Unfortunately due to it’s remote location, and access, the fire brigade didn’t arrive in time to save Whitefields. The mansion (what was left of it) was unceremoniously bulldozed into the swimming pool!
The site has a couple of features. There’s the mansion bulldozed into the swimming pool as mentioned above. There’s also an existing mansion definitely in need of a little tlc, A small guest/summer house, 2 pill boxes/bunkers, a newt population and what appears to be a small shed sunk into the ground so a few things to have a look at!
We guess the site was properly abandoned over 20 years ago.
Was quite a nice explore. Even though the site had the awful fire it had quite a nice feel to it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a building being taken over by nature so much it really is beautiful. One thing I did come across which I thought was a little unusual was a tent so would appear someone is camping on the site so something to think about as well as the newts if you are visiting.
Because the mansion has been taken over by nature so much it has been difficult for me to take pictures that really give you an idea of the place.
You might want to take a look at an earlier report by UrbanX that has some good photos of the place before nature really started to reclaim the mansion! http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=3722&highlight=whitefields+mansion
Ok here are a few pictures for you
The pill box/bunker
The swimming pool
Thanks to UrbanX for all the help and info on this one.
There's so many odd little outbuildings to the mansion too. It's crazy how quickly nature is reclaiming the houses. 
