Iranian Consulate, Altrincham - March 08

[ThenewMendoza]

Visited with Romanian1.

R1 mentioned this place to me a while back and I was certainly interested, it's not everyday you get to explore a foreign country that is right on your doorstep!!

I've driven past this house a few times recently but never put two and two together and realised it was empty and entirely doable.

At the end of the day, it's a house, but some of the stuff the Iranians have left lying about is unreal, we found all manner of literature, including an autobiography of the Ayotollah Khomeni, and a HUGE amount of applications for either passports or visas (my Arabic is a little rusty so can't quite tell, anyone? lol).

Anyhoo, here are the pics...

A sundial, sadly, not much sun today...

This chap seemed popular...

This was the master bedroom, sadly the ambassador wasn't spoiling us with Ferrero Roche...

Passport or visa applications, hundreds of them....

I liked it, we actually discussed changing the locks and squatting in the place, it's great!! lol

TnM

 

[Reaperman]

Hell I'd definitely live there, not sure about the Iranian decor though.

 

[smileysal]

What a beautiful house, with some gorgeous panelling and oak doors and surrounds. That kitchen was a shock, was expecting something old worldly, not one that looks as bad as mine lol.

the wallpaper leaves a lot to be desired lol, but love the fireplace etc. The outside is gorgeous.

Can't believe they've left all those visa and passport documents and pictures.

Cheers,

Sal

 

[Richard Davies]

I was passing thorugh Altrincham today, which is very rare for me to do so.

That decor & TVs look very early 1980s.

I guess the Iranian consular corps left too quickly to run those applications through a shredder.

 

[Foxylady]

Great house. Wonder why they left? And more importantly, why they left all those applications.
Def make a great squat!

Cheers for that.

 

[smileysal]

hehehe we could have it as the DP squat lol.

Ill get my coat

 

[Ratters]

the place looks lovely from the outside & that fireplace is great

 

[mr_bones]

Really amazing looking place. A bit creepy seeing all the Iranian photographs and religious chants.

Looks like a good explore

 

[DarkShadow]

What an excellent explore and would make a fantastic squat. When I was at Uni in London we squatted the old residence for the Bishop of London in Hampstead and were there for nearly three years before they got us out. I suppose if there were squatters in there it would be down to the landlord to get you out and if the landlord were the government of Iran then where are they to do that? Hmmmmmmmm.

 

[BigDvr6]

amazing place, and what a waste of a good size house

 

[chelle]

Lovely looking house...did you place the tv`s together or were they already like that?Fireplace looks a tad out of stylee for the overall design of the house.
regards
Stu

 

[ThenewMendoza]

Lovely looking house...did you place the tv`s together or were they already like that?Fireplace looks a tad out of stylee for the overall design of the house.
regards
Stu

The TVs hung around in pairs, safety in numbers thing I think. Thanks for the comments.

TnM

 

[wolfism]

It's certainly an unusual one - presumably you swept it for bugging devices while you were there? Good report, and slightly eerie seeing all those passport photos of the unsuspecting…

 

[Indefatigable]

Stunning exterior on that building! It's screaming out for a Victorian style re-build.

Nice explore.

 

[King Al]

excellent report TNM, that fire place is great. do you know why the left/ whats going to happen to the building?

 

[UrbanX]

What an amazing building! Cant believe they left all of the applications there, I thought they were a security concious nation! Did'nt you expect the SAS to came swinging in therough the windows?!

 

[DJhooker]

Excellent find!

 

[ThenewMendoza]

excellent report TNM, that fire place is great. do you know why the left/ whats going to happen to the building?

The house is actually split in two, although there are connecting doorways. Until recently there was an Iranian family living in what would have been the servants quarters. The house we 'think' is owned by the National Trust (lots of other properties in the area are) who have just erected a new front fence and gate. The grounds are quite well looked after too.

The house is actually in quite a poor state with lots of damp and holes in the roof.

As to why the Iranians no longer use it is open to speculation, although there was a huge raid on the house in either the late 80s or early 90s, but we can't remember why, possibly terrorism related, or I might have just made that up.

TnM

 

[romanian1]

Its certainly an odd one, but an interesting explore nevertheless.

 

[King Al]

The house is actually split in two, although there are connecting doorways...

Cheers for the extra info TnM