The Mystery Farm Dog House, Mid Wales

Vertigo Rod · Jan 27, 2018

This farm house was stumbled upon after visiting the infamous 'Lullaby House'(thanks to Mikeymutt for the info on that one!). We went for a very short stroll after Jon6D found a "potential" a little walk away from the Lullaby House via the power of Google Earth..... and so we went on search for the neighbouring house. The farm is active with quad biking farmers, so a few darting runs were required. Unlike the crammed nostalgic possessions within the nearby Lullaby House,this house was virtually empty. It was worth the look though, as was pleasantly pleased with the colours,the few items left, fireplaces, old wooden finely made stair banister, the outdoor bread oven..... the house was typically abandoned apart from one room that was pristine and looked new - a strange sight compared to the rest of the house. A room we assumed was made to house the farmer's dogs (luckily not there at that time). Unable to gather any info or history on this one. Not one of my better ones sorry but still worth a look (report / documenting) - hope you enjoy......

BikinGlynn · Jan 27, 2018

Lovely looking place, looks like it could be saved. Nice find!

Vertigo Rod · Jan 27, 2018

BikinGlynn said:
Lovely looking place, looks like it could be saved. Nice find!

Thanks Glynn. It’s potentially on the same land of the Lullaby House I uploaded back in 2016 - so that is 2 houses in stunning location that could be saved!

HughieD · Jan 27, 2018

Nice range! And good set Rod. Really reminds me of Lock-keepers cottage before it got burnt down.

Dirus_Strictus · Jan 28, 2018

Nice one V.R. Very typical of what we found in my younger days, helped enormously that my best mate was Welsh and importantly speaks the language. Soon puts the self righteous in their place, when they have directed a tirade at you in Welsh, to reply in perfect local dialect that one has permission. The original woodwork is typical of the honest workmanship of a country joiner/carpenter, sadly mostly ripped out when that later 'modernisation' rubbish was installed. Just one point about your outside swill pot and 'bread' oven - the swill pot, commonly called a 'copper' in my neck of the woods as some were actually made from copper and used for just heating water and not, like this iron looking one used to boil up and sterilise pig swill etc. Whilst the outside oven could have been used for bread for the farm hands, the beautiful range in the kitchen would have been quite capable of producing all the fresh bread required each day. Those young cook's maids had a hard life, preparing the dough in the early hours and then tending to the ovens for most of the mornings. The survival of these 'coppers' all depends on the metal used to make them; genuine copper and they have long gone to the scrap thieves, cast iron and you may be still lucky as here. Again, nice report here that brings to life in a small way a very hard way of life, long forgotten. We don't know we are born these days!

Vertigo Rod · Jan 28, 2018

Dirus_Strictus said:
Nice one V.R. Very typical of what we found in my younger days, helped enormously that my best mate was Welsh and importantly speaks the language. Soon puts the self righteous in their place, when they have directed a tirade at you in Welsh, to reply in perfect local dialect that one has permission. The original woodwork is typical of the honest workmanship of a country joiner/carpenter, sadly mostly ripped out when that later 'modernisation' rubbish was installed. Just one point about your outside swill pot and 'bread' oven - the swill pot, commonly called a 'copper' in my neck of the woods as some were actually made from copper and used for just heating water and not, like this iron looking one used to boil up and sterilise pig swill etc. Whilst the outside oven could have been used for bread for the farm hands, the beautiful range in the kitchen would have been quite capable of producing all the fresh bread required each day. Those young cook's maids had a hard life, preparing the dough in the early hours and then tending to the ovens for most of the mornings. The survival of these 'coppers' all depends on the metal used to make them; genuine copper and they have long gone to the scrap thieves, cast iron and you may be still lucky as here. Again, nice report here that brings to life in a small way a very hard way of life, long forgotten. We don't know we are born these days!

Thank you Dirus for your reply. I always enjoy seeing your comments. While exploring, I love the thrill of getting into the place and the photography aspect, but always spare a thought of the history of the place, the people who had lived / worked there, etc..... your comments are always a welcomed insight into the places I've (and all other Derelict Places members) explored. Your knowledge is invaluable and am glad you are here to share it. Thanks again!