Living in Sheffield, I'd eyed this one up for quite a while...and felt very smug being out there on such a beautiful day when my friends were nursing horrific hangovers
It seems to have been pretty well done, but for people who haven't come across it yet, it was built in 1855 for a steel maker named William Jessop as a shooting lodge. It became a children's home in the 1930s and closed in the 1980s.
Place is a bit of a death trap (understatement?). There are lots of very large and thus very obvious gaping holes in the floor...and then you notice a little yawning black hole six inches away from your feet... First floor has got very pally with ground floor, ground floor obviously isn't too keen on this close association and so is migrating towards the cellar... Rather unnervingly, there also appear to be holes in the ground outside the house as well, whether these are just drain covers that have gone AWOL or what, I'm not sure as it's overgrown.
It seems like some of the items I've spotted in other people's photos have grown legs and disappeared. I've seen a photo of an Aga in what was presumably the kitchen, but not a sign of it when we were there.
I'm not much of a photographer (understatement no 2), I just like exploring old, falling apart places and taking some photos for the memories.
Really?!
Where once there was a stair...
Some of the rather obvious holes in the floor!
Not sure it'd be very effective these days...
I could see the two cubicles from the outside and I had to find out if there was still a loo!
After a leg up from the bf, I hit the jackpot
Some of the outbuildings
I've read that people have found it creepy etc and it's supposedly haunted... I'll freely admit that I am a total wimp with an overactive imagination...and I failed to see any ghosts, spot any evil spirits etc...
Hope you enjoyed
It seems to have been pretty well done, but for people who haven't come across it yet, it was built in 1855 for a steel maker named William Jessop as a shooting lodge. It became a children's home in the 1930s and closed in the 1980s.
Place is a bit of a death trap (understatement?). There are lots of very large and thus very obvious gaping holes in the floor...and then you notice a little yawning black hole six inches away from your feet... First floor has got very pally with ground floor, ground floor obviously isn't too keen on this close association and so is migrating towards the cellar... Rather unnervingly, there also appear to be holes in the ground outside the house as well, whether these are just drain covers that have gone AWOL or what, I'm not sure as it's overgrown.
It seems like some of the items I've spotted in other people's photos have grown legs and disappeared. I've seen a photo of an Aga in what was presumably the kitchen, but not a sign of it when we were there.
I'm not much of a photographer (understatement no 2), I just like exploring old, falling apart places and taking some photos for the memories.
Really?!
Where once there was a stair...
Some of the rather obvious holes in the floor!
Not sure it'd be very effective these days...
I could see the two cubicles from the outside and I had to find out if there was still a loo!
After a leg up from the bf, I hit the jackpot
Some of the outbuildings
I've read that people have found it creepy etc and it's supposedly haunted... I'll freely admit that I am a total wimp with an overactive imagination...and I failed to see any ghosts, spot any evil spirits etc...
Hope you enjoyed