Hafodunos Hall

mr_bones · Jul 24, 2007

Situated in Llangernyw, North Wales. This once grand George Gilbert Scott masterpiece lays as an almost gutted shell following a fire in late 2004. It had stood derelict for more than a decade before the fire after its last use as a private school.

It was built in 1864 and even today, shows remnants of its extravagant use of marble and sandstone arches and a general theme of luxury and attention to detail.

Pictures taken after the fire are sad to say the least, especially if you see what it looked like before! There is more about the site at www.hafodunos-hall.co.uk, the owner sells a very thoroughly written and illustrated book on the site which i purchased with no regrets!

Some of my photos.....

Foxylady · Jul 25, 2007

That's a truly fabulous building, Mr. B, and your pics certainly do it justice. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing those and love the night shots. Did you see the ghost?

Thanks for that and the link. Some interesting history there.

Cheers
Foxy

jas · Jul 25, 2007

HI Mr Bones
Thanx for photos that place looks amazing!! I so wish i could go there! Just my cup of tea that is. :lol:

Im just going to have to sort something out.
Thanx again
JAS

lost · Jul 25, 2007

Very nice Mr. B, like the light-painting and night shot action. Did you spend the night in there?

mr_bones · Jul 25, 2007

Cheers Foxy - didn't see any ghosts and i spent the night in a room halfway up the clocktower! Some strange noises though

Jas - where abouts are you based? Perhaps if you went to a few other places in the area you could make a trip of it

Lost - YES! however the night shots are from my first trip (Fuji Noise!), when we got there last time it was pouring with rain.

lost · Jul 25, 2007

I thought they might have been from the Fuji with the fisheye action going on.

Lightbuoy · Jul 25, 2007

My oh my, what a lovely building!
Yet another superb set of pics Mr Bones -good job!

In particular like the night pic with the starlit sky behind. Thanks for posting these. Cheers also for that interesting link.

Lb

sheep2405 · Jul 25, 2007

Really nice work dude, glad Im not the only one that uses a fisheye.

S

mr_bones · Jul 25, 2007

Thanks Sheep2405 and LB! Its a great building but was a lot more grand just a few years ago. I don't think my pictures do it full justice.

jas · Jul 26, 2007

mr_bones said:
Cheers Foxy - didn't see any ghosts and i spent the night in a room halfway up the clocktower! Some strange noises though

Jas - where abouts are you based? Perhaps if you went to a few other places in the area you could make a trip of it

Lost - YES! however the night shots are from my first trip (Fuji Noise!), when we got there last time it was pouring with rain.

Im from south wiltshire near stonehenge so im quite far away from wales, yeah, will have to find out about some other places and go for a weekend or something.
Thanx
JAS

tonyque2 · Jul 26, 2007

Hi Mr B
Great set of photos and fabulous location. What a grand old building - even after such a disasterous fire. Thanks Tony

King Al · Jul 30, 2007

Love the pic’s mate, the first three are really great, I like the beams and those grand pillars are cool

jo2107 · Sep 13, 2007

Fantastic pictures and what a lovely building - such a shame it's been left to ruin.

Would love to pay a visit

Thanks

Mel · Feb 20, 2008

im goign to have to find the directions to this place, im in north wales and this could be my first explore with a camera

lovely pics!!

mr_bones · Feb 20, 2008

Mel said:
im goign to have to find the directions to this place, im in north wales and this could be my first explore with a camera

lovely pics!!

Good luck Mel, hope you enjoy it.

smileysal · Feb 26, 2008

Good grief, how on earth did i miss this post?

sorry

What an absolutely beautiful building. I bet it was stunning when it was lived in both as a home, and also as a school.

So much plasterwork still left there. and love the gothic stonework, and the stained glass windows that are still intact. the conservatory looks gorgeous, and the stairs.

Awesome. Will have a search for any pics of it when it was built or lived in now.

Cheers Mr B, brilliant pics.

Sal

mr_bones · Feb 26, 2008

Cheers Sal, yeah it's a grand old building. Shame it's got into such a sad state now.

Glad you liked it

Mr. B

SnakeCorp · May 6, 2008

smileysal said:
Awesome. Will have a search for any pics of it when it was built or lived in now.

I think you might like these pics:
http://www.uer.ca/locations/show.asp?locid=21797
http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/themeitems/26101

I was up at Hafodunos at the weekend (it's up for sale again - offers invited) and it hasn't changed much, apart from that a few more bits of it have been nicked.

SC

SnakeCorp · May 11, 2008

mr_bones said:

Sorry to have to report that this bas relief has now been destroyed, after the wall it was set into collapsed. I found it in bits all over the floor, surrounded by piles of bricks. It's official title was 'Eros and Anteros contending for the butterfly', crafted by John Gibson back in the 1860s.

SC

Foxylady · May 11, 2008

SnakeCorp said:
Sorry to have to report that this bas relief has now been destroyed, after the wall it was set into collapsed. I found it in bits all over the floor, surrounded by piles of bricks.

Oh, that is just so sad!

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