Gloscat College, Gloucester - March 2011

[Lost Explorer]

Went here with DHL and VW! Had a great day! Unfortunately I think we missed this place at its best. A little history:

The Gloucestershire College of Art and Technology, known as Gloscat was originally located on Brunswick Road. It was actually on two sites, with the main site on the north-west of Brunswick Road and the media site on the south-east side, opposite the library.

The front part of the Gloscat building was built between 1938 and 1941 in an art deco style. Today it is in a sad state of decay as in 2007 Gloscat moved to a modern new building on the docks. The Brunswick campus (both sites) is now part of the Gloucester Heritage Urban Regeneration Project's (GHURC) Greyfriars redevelopment.

A major feature of the modern site is a much unloved nine-storey tower block to the rear of the original college building. This was built in 1974, a time when scant regard was paid to whether new buildings were sympathetic to their surroundings.
History courtesy of http://www.darrelkirby.com/storyofgloucester/extra_sites/gloscat.htm

Gloscat's Redwood Tree under threat

Views from the tower:

The site is huge and unfortunately we didnt get time to see everything. The rest of the images from the day are here

 

[Lady Grey]

Good photos, but what the hell has happened to the door at the front entrance? It was there in December?

I like the photo of the enclosed redwood tree by the way.

 

[Lost Explorer]

Good photos, but what the hell has happened to the door at the front entrance? It was there in December?

I like the photo of the enclosed redwood tree by the way.

Im not sure what happened to the door, I was hoping to see that as it looked really nice. They are having a lot of trouble with kids and pikeys, so I assumed they have done it to prevent that. We bumped into some dodgy people when we were in there

 

[King Al]

Looks like a cool explore Lost Explorer, like the work procedure sign

 

[JulesP]

Had my eye on this for a while now - just not been active enough lately - need to get out again.
Good to see inside though - nice pics

 

[B7TMW]

An interesting day by the look of it. All that equipment going to waste. Criminal

 

[Lost Explorer]

Yeah its a good explore, although slightly trashed in places. We only had about 3 hours but the place is massive if anyone gets the chance to have a look!

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=sn...loucester&q=greyfriars gloucester&FORM=LMLTCC

 

[nelly]

Nice photos, it looks like theres plenty left inside to see and not over chaved!!!

 

[Em_Ux]

Good shots.

Looks like there's still some interesting bits to see.

Thanks

 

[burb147]

i missssssssssssssssss youuuuuuuuuu and i mis exploring done nothing this year and you keep seeing good places dam you.

 

[Lost Explorer]

i missssssssssssssssss youuuuuuuuuu and i mis exploring done nothing this year and you keep seeing good places dam you.

You need to find a baby sitter lol!!