The Manor House - Birmingham - June 2011

[Pincheck]

very nice indeed mate

 

[borntobemild]

If this is where I think it is, it's next to the Griffin Close flats, where I spent my final year at Birmingham Uni.

Some great memories of the Manor House bar and some rather hazy ones.

Thanks for posting.

 

[UrbanX]

Nice one! Love the Piano shot, what lens are you using on that?
A beautiful site, but still a complete over reaction with security, as it the case so often!
Well done, and pure hats off for getting in when you did!

 

[Derelict-UK]

Must've missed this one when it was published. Nice selection of photos. Love the stained glass and the staircase. Wait... what's that? A Bechstein? Left to rot?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! :arghh:

Nurse! Where are my pills? The twitching has come back. And the voices. :err:

I know, I hear it is worth somewhere in the region of £30,000+ even in the sorry state of the keys!

The lens I used for the front (key) shot was a Tokina 10-17mm fisheye @ 10mm.

As much as security was OTT, I was happy it was like that, it seemed to have put off local kids and thieves alike. Apart from water damage and natural decay, there really wasn't much human damage.

I am glad I saw it the time I did and glad it was left the way I viewed it unlike a lot of things these days!

 

[tattooed]

Way cool report, shame it is all sealed up.............Dam!

 

[PaulPowers]

Nice report and great pic


one little criticism is the size of the watermark

 

[Derelict-UK]

Nice report and great pic


one little criticism is the size of the watermark

too small? yeah I wanted a bigger one but It got in the way. Nice one for saying though, next time I re-do my work I'll make it bigger, that way it'll be harder for people to nick my images and cut off the watermark!!

 

[hhhhh]

Love the piano

 

[Silent Hill]

Superb photography and a cracking lens.

 

[Derelict-UK]

Superb photography and a cracking lens.

Thank you very much, that was 1 out of about 5 shots, the painted wall to the left was hard to deal with as it reflected the light, so a lot of random poses were pulled to get the light just right

 

[evilnoodle]

Wowee.....some fabulous features in there

 

[maevans1959]

Manor house

My dear dad was the caretaker there from 1980 -98, l lived there in 80-82 & 90-92. l met my wife there and we scattered dad's ashes on the lawn outside of the Manor in 2008. How sad to see my old home in such a terrible state. l'm still in contact with loads of ex- Manorians . Do you know there is a ghost at Manor, most ex students know about it and l have personal experience of the ghost myself. Thanks for the sad photos, l'm in Melbourne Australia so l'm lucky l can't see the decay.

 

[Derelict-UK]

My dear dad was the caretaker there from 1980 -98, l lived there in 80-82 & 90-92. l met my wife there and we scattered dad's ashes on the lawn outside of the Manor in 2008. How sad to see my old home in such a terrible state. l'm still in contact with loads of ex- Manorians . Do you know there is a ghost at Manor, most ex students know about it and l have personal experience of the ghost myself. Thanks for the sad photos, l'm in Melbourne Australia so l'm lucky l can't see the decay.

Do you have any old photographs of your time there?