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.
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash012.jpg
The remains of the house
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash019.jpg
round the back
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash022.jpg
the scene inside with 2 window frames left
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash028.jpg
one is still in place:coffee
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash029.jpg
a look at the upper floor
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash037.jpg
roof colapse
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash038.jpg
entrance to the basement, it was to dangerous to access however
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash013.jpg
a big old barn
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash053.jpg
more farm building remains
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash055.jpg
milking pens, bet daisy had a hard time back in those days:lol:
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash059.jpg
can't finish without an urbex bath
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.
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash012.jpg
The remains of the house
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash019.jpg
round the back
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash022.jpg
the scene inside with 2 window frames left
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash028.jpg
one is still in place:coffee
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash029.jpg
a look at the upper floor
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash037.jpg
roof colapse
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash038.jpg
entrance to the basement, it was to dangerous to access however
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash013.jpg
a big old barn
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash053.jpg
more farm building remains
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash055.jpg
milking pens, bet daisy had a hard time back in those days:lol:
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh360/Bunkerkid_bucket/oldhouseueandexternaldrwhocrash059.jpg
can't finish without an urbex bath