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boxfrenzy
27-03-2009, 06:47 PM
Claremont House is a large, stone built former dwelling and outbuildings, standing in grounds of approximately 1.4 hectares of land.
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The building was last used as a social club for employees of the nearby Hepworths Refractories, but has been vacant for many years.
Up the stairs into the ruined outbuilding.
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The floors and roof have collapsed. Shame, as there was what looks quite a promising kitchen on the other side of this.
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An empty outbuilding.
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It was built in 1895. Today it is boarded up, and structurally dodgy.
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I love looking at places like this. The upstairs has collapsed in here, leaving the bedroom door opening into nowhere. As I inched towards the hallway, where the floor has gone completely, things started to shift, and I got out very quickly. I was unable to see if there were any stairs, or what the other rooms were like.
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Remains of plaster moulding is visable on the only bit of ceiling left.
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I love these forgotten houses where once people lived, and entertained, and now they are one storm away from collapse.
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This is officially the most dangerous building I have been in to date. Scooby Doo would have been proud.
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