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nelly
04-02-2011, 01:03 AM
Joseph Rank House is the tallest building in Harlow at a height of 151 ft (46m)


Once a headquarters for Rank, Hovis Mc Dougal (The bread makers) it is under now construction to turn it into 132 flats

This was my first ever roof and Skeleton Key and myself chose the windiest night of the year so far to visit, the guy on the weather just said that gusts of 85 m.p.h. have been measured, and it felt like it up there!!!

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On the way back down

We got to the 3rd floor and heard some music, peered around the corner and down the end of the corridor a lone workman was plastering a wall, he must have been on a good rate, as it was nearly 10 o'clock by this time. Anyway, I was all up for sneaking back the way we came and calling it a day, but not Skeleton Key!!! He had to stroll down the corridor and say hi, then engage the poor guy in a five minute conversation, giving him the story that he had been installing Sky on the top floor!!!

I was laughing my socks off!!!

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Thanks for taking the time :)

skeletonkey
04-02-2011, 12:10 PM
Joseph Rank House,Harlow,Essex--2011


I visited this building a few times,
At night and early morning to try and get a different contrasts.

It was original used by Rank Hovis McDougal (Bread & flour)l and subsidiary's.
It had a huge state of the art data centre within its thirteen storey and stands 151 feet tall.
It closed a few years back
It sat empty for almost a year and is now being coverted into 132 domestic dwelling.

It is a live site, so the day time was a bit of a mission even at weekend ducking in and out of the workers on site.
I will say at night time dont go looking around the sec cabin .
You might see more than you bargined for:sick:.
I will say no more.
I went back again with nelly1967 in an attempt to improve on some dodggy night shots id taken.
nelly hope you dont mind me taggin this on the end of you post ,
as for the workman was that funny or what :lol:

Anyway heres a few pic's


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The inside is very much work in progress




Early morning
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In the bottom right of the pic is the roof of the Odeon not a bad explore.

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Thanks for looking in

SK :)

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nelly
04-02-2011, 05:52 PM
Tagging on is no problem mate. I love these two photos, night and day eh???

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