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Bunkerkid
05-04-2010, 08:45 PM
In a long forgotten part of Bedfordshire stands the remains of the once proud Brogborough Manor, some history:

Standing back about 200 yds. on the west side of the road from Marston Moretaine to Husborne Crawley, on a hill to the north of the crossing of the road from Ridgmont to Holcot, is Brogborough Manor House, a late 17th-century brick building having a tile roof and now used as a farm-house. The house faces north and south and is symmetrically planned, taking the form of a rectangle on the ground floor. The rooms are grouped round a large central staircase having moulded and twisted balusters, which is approached through central vestibules from the front and the back. On either side of the front vestibule are living rooms which adjoin the staircase. On the west is a large kitchen and on the east another living room. At the back of the staircase is a passage leading to another kitchen, on the west a lavatory, and a pantry being to the east. The fireplaces are placed across the corners of the rooms against the east and west external walls, and are carried up in two brick stacks having copings of the same material. The elevations were designed with the same regard to symmetry, the windows were originally divided by wood transoms or mullions and filled in with iron casements, but in most cases wooden casements have been substituted, while in many instances the windows themselves have been bricked up.

More at: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42439

Visited with Tankman

Not much history known on this one at some point in the late 19th century there was a fire that destroyed the house and the farm buildings around, all that survives today are these remains.

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The remains of the house

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round the back

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the scene inside with 2 window frames left

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one is still in place:coffee

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a look at the upper floor

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roof colapse

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entrance to the basement, it was to dangerous to access however

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a big old barn

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more farm building remains

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milking pens, bet daisy had a hard time back in those days:lol:

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can't finish without an urbex bath

Tankman
06-04-2010, 12:40 AM
This was a nice easy explore:thumb Way off the beaten track, originally spotted this whilst looking over Google earth, of the locality.

A few pics pics of mine.

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A once proud entrance that invited guests in, now invites nature:(

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Like the house! A long lost relic Through a Milk Bottle:coffee

More of my pics here:
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/BROGBOROUGH%20MANOR/?start=all