Pianoforte is somewhere that has been on the 'explore radar' for what seems like forever and for some reason seems almost criminally overlooked.
The factory in a small town just south of Northampton produced parts for Pianofortes themselves and closed a long, long time ago. After closure some buildings were repurposed to produce car parts and indeed there is still evidence of this dumped around bits of the site - piles of chrome trim and whole wooden moulds for Rover SD1 trim parts for instance just dumped in a corner. Having been closed so long as you can imagine the majority of the site is picked bare but there is one building which is simply astounding. Tucked away in a corner of the site is the most incredible example of natural decay I have ever seen, the colours and textures on pretty much everything have to be seen to be fully believed. It's somewhere you are scared to cough too loudly or brush up against something for fear of the entire structure falling down.
I could spend an entire day sat in there happily photographing every last detail.
This was once a solid metal shelf below a workbench, over time the entire shelf has rusted to the extent half of the shelf fell through under the weight of the containers on it, leaving one precariously balanced ready to go over.
After some clambering we got into the upstairs sections but it's nowhere near as interesting.
More here https://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157644092334982/
The factory in a small town just south of Northampton produced parts for Pianofortes themselves and closed a long, long time ago. After closure some buildings were repurposed to produce car parts and indeed there is still evidence of this dumped around bits of the site - piles of chrome trim and whole wooden moulds for Rover SD1 trim parts for instance just dumped in a corner. Having been closed so long as you can imagine the majority of the site is picked bare but there is one building which is simply astounding. Tucked away in a corner of the site is the most incredible example of natural decay I have ever seen, the colours and textures on pretty much everything have to be seen to be fully believed. It's somewhere you are scared to cough too loudly or brush up against something for fear of the entire structure falling down.
I could spend an entire day sat in there happily photographing every last detail.
This was once a solid metal shelf below a workbench, over time the entire shelf has rusted to the extent half of the shelf fell through under the weight of the containers on it, leaving one precariously balanced ready to go over.
After some clambering we got into the upstairs sections but it's nowhere near as interesting.
More here https://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157644092334982/
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