A little bit of Pool Parc July '12

[Bones out]

Visited as part of a North Wales road trip with Pen15 and two non members

Was a nice early morning relaxed mooch this was, unfortunately, not a great deal to see except for the moving chair that we left alone, next stop was Denbeigh, not so relaxed as we were greeted by a rather angry Elwyn (beardy) who I thought was banned from there! Just saying like........


History

The current main building was built in the late 1820's and owned by Sir Walter Baggot, at some point between then and 1937, they Lyle family of Tate and Lyle sugar moved in. In 1937 the site was acquired by North Wales Mental Hospital and was used as an overflow for the main hospital due to overcrowding. It was closed around 1990, where it has laid empty since, sadly slowing decaying.

The chair.....

Thanks for viewing

As you do......​

 

[UEP-Wales]

Nice shots there, I've always liked the look of this building, rather grand.

Not heard about Beardy for a while so in a strange way, nice to know he's still around...

Cheers for posting

 

[Bones out]

Nice shots there, I've always liked the look of this building, rather grand.

Not heard about Beardy for a while so in a strange way, nice to know he's still around...

Cheers for posting

O he is still very much around... we got collared off site and boy did he have the wasp! Got a bit of video footage of his enchanting tones

 

[PreciousStones]

Lovely pics, thank you for sharing x

 

[flyboys90]

Its not in bad condition after been empty that long,thanks for sharing.

 

[MD]

nice shots the upstairs floors are a bit iffy !!

 

[Pen15]

It was so sad to see the place like this. The site was up there as one of the places to see on the trip but when we saw it, we were shocked at the state it is in. Photography is very difficult there as hardly any light penetrates through the boarded up windows. The grand staircase is not so grand anymore. Still glad we went to see it though.

Once again Reknaw, you have done very well with the images under such poor conditions. Nice shots mate

 

[Bones out]

nice shots the upstairs floors are a bit iffy !!

Yeah, and wall hugging on the way to the roof fella!

Cheers.

 

[Mars Lander]

Great to see the Pool again enjoyed seeing your piks nice captures, everytime we go here its different with regard to the boarding and its affect on the light but the staircase looks like its degenerating pretty fast!! Can't believe that chair is all way down the corridor haha, we did have fun with the chair .... [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtQsW2sP3Us[/ame]

Wheres your vid of Elwyn would really like to see that?

 

[Bones out]

Great to see the Pool again enjoyed seeing your piks nice captures, everytime we go here its different with regard to the boarding and its affect on the light but the staircase looks like its degenerating pretty fast!! Can't believe that chair is all way down the corridor haha, we did have fun with the chair .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtQsW2sP3Us

Wheres your vid of Elwyn would really like to see that?

Thats well funny

Cheers all for the comments.....

 

[krela]

No more videos of Elwyn on here please.

 

[Pen15]

Great to see the Pool again enjoyed seeing your piks nice captures, everytime we go here its different with regard to the boarding and its affect on the light but the staircase looks like its degenerating pretty fast!! Can't believe that chair is all way down the corridor haha, we did have fun with the chair ....

Thanks for sharing Alt Days Out. That was sooooo funny and made my day

 

[Lucky Pants]

Nice pics missed out again on this one, car trouble . One day ,one day . Thanks .