Art Deco House - Lincs - April 2014

[billygroat]

We found ourselves in Lincs a while back... I'm sure this must have been reported before but I can't find it on here...

Beautiful art deco house, large rooms with stunning fireplaces... nice collection of buckets to catch the leaky bay windows which arent doing anything anymore!

The whole in the first floor wall used to be a protruding bathroom... there is evidence of fire damage on the floorbaords but not elsewhere.

This was on the day the camera stayed at home - so really iffy snaps from my mobile

I've no history, sorry, would love to know what happened here, this is a substantial house and apart from the sunken bathroom seems structually sound...

Can you add anything perhaps?


art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

art deco by billygroat, on Flickr

 

[Onmyown]

Property looks 1920'3-30'S, some nice shots there considering

 

[redT1ger]

This house is at the bottom of my road. I've visited it and photographed it. It's very odd that such a previously nice house should have been deserted, I wonder if it was compulsory purchased when the main road was rerouted closer to the house in '87 ?. The sheds out the back used to be a mushroom farm.

I did a report for 28dl on this, I was told it was of no interest and my thread was removed, I don't post on there anymore.......

 

[krela]

Love that fireplace! Interesting one, there must be a reason no-one has done anything with it. There's lots of people who would kill for an Edwardian house like this to do up.

 

[redT1ger]

It became empty at the same time the main road was rebuilt

 

[billygroat]

This house is at the bottom of my road. I've visited it and photographed it. It's very odd that such a previously nice house should have been deserted, I wonder if it was compulsory purchased when the main road was rerouted closer to the house in '87 ?. The sheds out the back used to be a mushroom farm.

I did a report for 28dl on this, I was told it was of no interest and my thread was removed, I don't post on there anymore.......

Feel free to add some pics!

I couldnt get past the bramblefest to get into the sheds...

 

[billygroat]

Love that fireplace! Interesting one, there must be a reason no-one has done anything with it. There's lots of people who would kill for an Edwardian house like this to do up.

I know, even though there was water coming in slowly the damage was minimal..... It's on a very busy road but many large houses are...

I love these fireplaces too... unnickable!

 

[redT1ger]

I'll add mine to your thread later

 

[Stealthstar79]

Can't say I have seen this before!
Lovely house, would make a lovely home, with some work.
Thanks

 

[tumble112]

A nice house, still with some original features. I like art deco things so I enjoyed this. Thanks.

 

[roomthreeonefive]

This place looks great
Not sure about the choice of toilet paper lol

 

[billygroat]

This place looks great
Not sure about the choice of toilet paper lol

Yes I had a little giggle when I was posting these... scratchy!

 

[billygroat]

Can't say I have seen this before!
Lovely house, would make a lovely home, with some work.
Thanks

Blimey StealthStar - I thought you'd have got the T-Shirt!!

I'd LOVE a house like this.. mines more like the holiday caravan bungalow hahaha

 

[Mikeymutt]

that's a nice little find.nice pics too of it.thanks for sharing.

 

[flyboys90]

These have got to be to the three best Art-Deco tiled fire surrounds I have seen,thanks for showing.

 

[mrtoby]

It looks like someone has cleaned up a bit since I was there a few months back. Good stuff boss

 

[cunningplan]

I like those fireplaces, nice find and great photos

 

[UrbanX]

Nice one, feel honoured that you've taken the time to share it with us!

 

[Dirus_Strictus]

Sadly not, the lounge item being quite easy to remove if one knows how the thing is constructed. The hearth piece has already gone walkies. Typical of their era, showy but bloody awful providers of heat due to the small area of the firegrate - which is why in more recent times the inhabitants fitted gas fired convector heaters into the bedroom and lounge bays and eventually full central heating (now nicked by the evidence of the radiator brackets on the walls). The lounge fireplace is a registered design and features in publications from 1929 and 1931. The built out part of the bathroom seems to have been a bit of a fad at the time. Supposedly to keep the condensation levels on the rest of the first floor down, there also seems to be a drive to get as much natural light into the bathroom - some health guru of the period I think. Anyway the major outcome was that as these built out structures were made of wood, wet rot eventually set in and many have been removed.

 

[billygroat]

Sadly not, the lounge item being quite easy to remove if one knows how the thing is constructed. The hearth piece has already gone walkies. Typical of their era, showy but bloody awful providers of heat due to the small area of the firegrate - which is why in more recent times the inhabitants fitted gas fired convector heaters into the bedroom and lounge bays and eventually full central heating (now nicked by the evidence of the radiator brackets on the walls). The lounge fireplace is a registered design and features in publications from 1929 and 1931. The built out part of the bathroom seems to have been a bit of a fad at the time. Supposedly to keep the condensation levels on the rest of the first floor down, there also seems to be a drive to get as much natural light into the bathroom - some health guru of the period I think. Anyway the major outcome was that as these built out structures were made of wood, wet rot eventually set in and many have been removed.

Thanks for your input.. Invaluable as I'm green as they come on houses etc...!