Collingham House

[littlelaura]

Its a house in the Lincoln area thats been empty for about 4 years, ive been watching the 'yoofs' make a mess of it overtime untill its in the sorry state you see today.
Such a shame.

Back of house.

Front of house.

Nice oldish fireplace, so horrid its actually tastefull

Yoof damage

Weird shed/workshop

Inside weird shed thing

What was a greenhouse.

Summer house

 

[The_Revolution]

I like the B&W window picture.

 

[shatters]

Welcome along Laura.

I'm a bit confused ( nothing new there ). In pics 1 and 2 the house looks no more than 20 yrs old, but the summer house looks ancient. Has the house been re-built on an existing site ? Why is it empty ?

Phil

 

[Sabtr]

Was just gona ask that. ^^

It is a hooge house - what a waste!!

The greenhouse bit looks modern (plastic sheeting for glass) but I bet it worked great.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[littlelaura]

I dont know why the summer house is so rickerty looking,the doors have been ripped off and it seems to have attracted a lot attention from kids i think. Last summer it didnt look too bad and it was full of random bits of rope and stuff
(The kids also managed to set fire to the pond some how... the buggers)
The house was sold to a development company when the bloke that owned it couldnt pay the mortgage and what not, they are trying to get planning permission to build 4 new houses in the land and renovate the existing house, theyre taking their time at it by the looks tho !

( Not that i mind, i pass it to go to my boyfriends and the previous owner was an avid gardener so it also doubles up as a place to cut free flowers ! )

 

[zimbob]

...The kids also managed to set fire to the pond some how...

Quality

 

[Foxylady]

Weird shed/workshop...

That looks like a WW2 Anderson Shelter. Ah, I think the house is older than it looks as the architecture suggests the 1930's...and the fireplace is 30's style too. I'm guessing that the house has probably been well maintained, re-pointed and brought up to date with new windows, etc.
Cool stuff, laura!