This interesting collection of buildings first caught my eye some years back, when partly still in use. Fast forward a few years and much of the surrounding area had been reduced to rubble, and the buildings were now completely abandoned. The site was home to the all saints brewery company, and after that seems to have been used by lots of small companies. These photos were taken over a series of visits, the newest having been taken two weeks ago. I hope this is not too long, i have tried to keep the pictures to a minimum, some of the more empty buildings i have not shown at all.
The site in victorian times, its still much the same today.
This was in the first building we gained access to.
There were very 80's bathroom suites and a calender from 1993 hung on the wall. For some strange reason there was a lot of stuff from ladbrokes bookies laying around on the first floor
The building led out onto the cobbled main yard
Inside one of the buildings at the front of the site. It was all very plain and modernized. From what we could figure part of it was used as an art/craft workshop, and the other some sort of beauty salon
A couple of these were in a room upstairs for some reason, dated 1988
This basement appeared to be a workshop
Another basement, this one had large windows along each side
Next it was onto a building used as a knit ware factory.
Even before you entered the room the stench of damp and decay hit you.
It was still packed with many things of interest.
There were boxes of roo's everywhere, inspection of the labels revealed a date of 1986
These were also on the floor
Down in the basement it was just the same, boxes of yarn, clothes hangers and other items piled high.
On another visit we located this basement below the first one. The stairs had rotted away so we had to climb down piles of stuff to get in.
This basement like the rest of the building was full of stuff.
Next we moved into a courtyard at the back of the site, a new car park begins to tower over the site.
The courtyard is surrounded by engineering workshops like this one. A new john lewis store is being constructed in the background.
Engineering drawings, some date back to the 50's
Warning sign in engineering
The kitchen
Another pic of construction work
Weathered trainer in the courtyard
Finally, an advert for the brewery company that originally occupied the site
The site in victorian times, its still much the same today.
This was in the first building we gained access to.
There were very 80's bathroom suites and a calender from 1993 hung on the wall. For some strange reason there was a lot of stuff from ladbrokes bookies laying around on the first floor
The building led out onto the cobbled main yard
Inside one of the buildings at the front of the site. It was all very plain and modernized. From what we could figure part of it was used as an art/craft workshop, and the other some sort of beauty salon
A couple of these were in a room upstairs for some reason, dated 1988
This basement appeared to be a workshop
Another basement, this one had large windows along each side
Next it was onto a building used as a knit ware factory.
Even before you entered the room the stench of damp and decay hit you.
It was still packed with many things of interest.
There were boxes of roo's everywhere, inspection of the labels revealed a date of 1986
These were also on the floor
Down in the basement it was just the same, boxes of yarn, clothes hangers and other items piled high.
On another visit we located this basement below the first one. The stairs had rotted away so we had to climb down piles of stuff to get in.
This basement like the rest of the building was full of stuff.
Next we moved into a courtyard at the back of the site, a new car park begins to tower over the site.
The courtyard is surrounded by engineering workshops like this one. A new john lewis store is being constructed in the background.
Engineering drawings, some date back to the 50's
Warning sign in engineering
The kitchen
Another pic of construction work
Weathered trainer in the courtyard
Finally, an advert for the brewery company that originally occupied the site
Good work chap.
