TomMurphy
Active member
WARNING - Dan had my camera for some of this trip. He's got an amazing talent for making every single photo blurry.
On Sunday I got up at 6:30 to start the 2 hour drive down into the depths of Cornwall.
This is the first site of five we visited that day.
I found this remarkably easily. Some moron on Facebook tried to hide it by not revealing the name, but copied a massive chunk of text from Wikipedia. Needless to say I'm not going to give any background to this one, I don't want to see it torched to the ground.
We arrived in the small Cornish village at about 9am. The locals came out of their houses brandishing crosses muttering incantations under their breath when they saw the car. They all still use horse-drawn carriages.
I don't think any of them really understood what a camera was when I pulled it out and pointed to it saying "I'm just trying to take some pictures.".
One lady withdrew into her house muttering something which sounded like:
"Orrr nah. Ye ain't doon nuttun ter us. Ya fancy city folk can take yer dark devil magic contraptions an fancy 'orses on wheels an go back ter devon."
We proceeded down the road to find the house (located on Google maps) was behind a pretty big fence. With nobody about, we hopped over.
The manor was breathtaking. The most incredible place I've ever seen:
First view of the inside:
Being 6'6" is a pain sometimes (Dan's photography):
The Yellow room:
Possibly the ugliest piece of art I've ever seen:
Wooden room:
Monstrosity:
This is the strangest door locking mechanism I've ever seen:
Sunbed!
(meet Nathan)
Majestic:
(meet me)
He's not really wonky eyed.
(meet Dan)
Dining hall:
Something has happened here...
It was only an air con unit up there.
Dan's best photo to date:
Stained glass:
Everyone loves a selfie:
Twelve second timer and Dan ruined it:
Anyone know who this belongs to?
(I have no middle name)
When we got here I told Nath to keep a look out for paneling that doesn't look quite right:
We found this!
It only led to the attic, but I got a couple of nice(ish) shots from there:
Spider!
Overlooking the courtyard:
Me (Dan's photography):
At this point I gave my camera to Nathan and Dan. This is what they found:
Squatter?
Staircase:
Hamlet:
Who buys 800 cotton buds?! No wonder this place ran out of money!
There was a huge bath with a massive mirror overlooking it. A pretty weird thing to own. so naturally this was selfie time (no idea why Nathan is still carrying those cards - he left them on a table FYI!):
SO
MANY
DEAD
BIRDS
There was also a little house on the premises:
On Sunday I got up at 6:30 to start the 2 hour drive down into the depths of Cornwall.
This is the first site of five we visited that day.
I found this remarkably easily. Some moron on Facebook tried to hide it by not revealing the name, but copied a massive chunk of text from Wikipedia. Needless to say I'm not going to give any background to this one, I don't want to see it torched to the ground.
We arrived in the small Cornish village at about 9am. The locals came out of their houses brandishing crosses muttering incantations under their breath when they saw the car. They all still use horse-drawn carriages.
I don't think any of them really understood what a camera was when I pulled it out and pointed to it saying "I'm just trying to take some pictures.".
One lady withdrew into her house muttering something which sounded like:
"Orrr nah. Ye ain't doon nuttun ter us. Ya fancy city folk can take yer dark devil magic contraptions an fancy 'orses on wheels an go back ter devon."
We proceeded down the road to find the house (located on Google maps) was behind a pretty big fence. With nobody about, we hopped over.
The manor was breathtaking. The most incredible place I've ever seen:
First view of the inside:
Being 6'6" is a pain sometimes (Dan's photography):
The Yellow room:
Possibly the ugliest piece of art I've ever seen:
Wooden room:
Monstrosity:
This is the strangest door locking mechanism I've ever seen:
Sunbed!
(meet Nathan)
Majestic:
(meet me)
He's not really wonky eyed.
(meet Dan)
Dining hall:
Something has happened here...
It was only an air con unit up there.
Dan's best photo to date:
Stained glass:
Everyone loves a selfie:
Twelve second timer and Dan ruined it:
Anyone know who this belongs to?
(I have no middle name)
When we got here I told Nath to keep a look out for paneling that doesn't look quite right:
We found this!
It only led to the attic, but I got a couple of nice(ish) shots from there:
Spider!
Overlooking the courtyard:
Me (Dan's photography):
At this point I gave my camera to Nathan and Dan. This is what they found:
Squatter?
Staircase:
Hamlet:
Who buys 800 cotton buds?! No wonder this place ran out of money!
There was a huge bath with a massive mirror overlooking it. A pretty weird thing to own. so naturally this was selfie time (no idea why Nathan is still carrying those cards - he left them on a table FYI!):
SO
MANY
DEAD
BIRDS
There was also a little house on the premises:
