Whitefields mansions, Cambridgeshire, February 2011, Revisit.
Visited with UrbanX on what became a really good day of exploring!
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 probably abandoned over 20 years ago.
We have been lucky enough to be able to visit this site a few times now & every time we seem to find something new.
Even though this site had a terrible fire there really is something quite nice about it.
There’s plans to turn the site into a huge hotel anytime now.
Ok here are a few pictures for you:
The mansion that is still managing to stay standing.
Can you spot the bath?
UrbanX checking out the summer house.
We had been told by someone who visited this site years ago that there was a swimming pool close to the mansion that still stands. Even though UrbanX and I have visted several times between us we had not found it yet untill this day! With a good look around we managed to find it all though it was difficult to see where the ground stopped and the pool started!
Swimming pool tiles
The swimming pool with the mansion in the background. Can only imagine what it must of been like to live in a house like this
The remains of the 2nd mansion that was bulldozed into it's swimming pool
The mansions huge driveway
Thanks for looking
Visited with UrbanX on what became a really good day of exploring!
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 probably abandoned over 20 years ago.
We have been lucky enough to be able to visit this site a few times now & every time we seem to find something new.
Even though this site had a terrible fire there really is something quite nice about it.
There’s plans to turn the site into a huge hotel anytime now.
Ok here are a few pictures for you:
The mansion that is still managing to stay standing.
Can you spot the bath?
UrbanX checking out the summer house.
We had been told by someone who visited this site years ago that there was a swimming pool close to the mansion that still stands. Even though UrbanX and I have visted several times between us we had not found it yet untill this day! With a good look around we managed to find it all though it was difficult to see where the ground stopped and the pool started!
Swimming pool tiles
The swimming pool with the mansion in the background. Can only imagine what it must of been like to live in a house like this
The remains of the 2nd mansion that was bulldozed into it's swimming pool
The mansions huge driveway
Thanks for looking