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14-11-2008, 09:39 PM
After the razor wire, infra red security cameras and dodgy security people at Feniscowles Paper Mill :( which is very much an active site I stumbled on an old derelict gate house.......

It looked as if it would be nice for a wander round any ruins .. it turned out more fun than I expected:smclap

history bit

Sir William Feilden built Feniscowles New Hall , in 1812, and lived their until his death in 1850. The hall originally held a collection of natural history objects, its gallery containing a valuable collection of paintings. Around 1854 his son Sir William Henry Feilden, complained bitterly over the polluted water in the River Darwen which ran close by the hall, at its confluence with Moulden Water. He lost his costly and protracted conflict with the Corporation & Over Darwen health Board in 1877 when litigation failed. He left the hall and died two years later in 1879. In 1903 the house was put up for auction but did not find a buyer. It was used for wedding functions etc for a short period of time but fell into disrepair in the 1930's and was left to decay. The decline of the property was exacerbated during WW II when the lead was removed from the roof for the war effort. On the Pleasington Road just over the bridge by Immanuel Church, sits the derelict smithy gate house, still guarding the entrance to this once fine property. Another ruined gatehouse sits by the bridge at the foot of Moulden Brow.

SMITHY GATE HOUSE
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ROAD TO HALL STILL HAS COBBLESTONES UNDER FOLIAGE AND DIRT
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OLD HINGES FOR MAIN GATE STILL ON POSTS
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WHATS LEFT OF THE HALL
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ah ha the interesting bit......whats down here??
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Plenty of tea candles??
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was fun in the dark!!!!:)