manor

Built in 1876 by Ernest Seth Smith for his brother Charles, and then by Sir Charles Tennant (M.P.) from 1898-1911, then in 1911 the Charrington (Brewing) family aquired it. The Ministry of Supply brought Broadoaks in 1946 and absolutley ruined the building with a huge 'modern'post war...

The manor house in this form was built in the mid 1800's and has been vacant since the last owner died in the late 1980's The house is a treasure trove and a photographers and explorers paradise, but sadly I can't see the interior of the building lasting very much longer. There have been major...

Potters Manor House was built in 1904. It nestles well hidden near the village of Crowborough in East Sussex. The last inhabitants were a family of artisans and potters and for some reason, that we will probably never know, left the house with all its contents including many paintings and full...

Just a few of my pics from this beautiful old Manor House.... And lets not forget the seccu...

Splored with SK, Jane Doe, Trog and Peaches Massive bigs to SK for lending me an exterior shot, I actually forgot to take one :) Undershaw Manor was the home of Sherlock Holmes writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the house was built in 1897 and was designed by Doyle himself. Doyle chose an...

GT Manor is one of those places that i dream about seeing..they dont come up very often but when they do i realise even more why i love exploring all these places we share such a facination with...The have been some lovely reports latley about this place so i have decided to share this report...

Thanks for looking in SK :thumb

I won't lie, this is really pic heavy, but I can't cut it down anymore, I've already deleted about 20 photos that I really wanted to show you Massive thanks to SK and Trog who once again found another gem!!! __________________________________ Walking up the drive The Building, I'll start...

This was one of those places that I had wanted to do for nearly two years, right on my doorstep but very put off by the knowledge that their was a live in caretaker and a little story of the fate of the splorers who tried before us, nuff said ]Splored with Skeleton Key and Jayne Doe. I...

If im honest not really what I was looking for but was alott of fun :thumb

Been holding off on this one while I attempted to seek out some much needed history, but regret to say I failed miserably so what little history there is has already been covered by Sx-Riffraff in his thread (http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=63509), I did however discover...

visited with obscurity ,wevsky ,silverRainbow and mrs obs ... Not alot of history on this place so are get straight on with the pics... thanks for looking :beer:

Right headed off down here after our little jaunt up to a swimming pool(report to no doubt follow) To be honest the history really is sparse other than i believe the raf used it during the war..i could be wrong Big thanks to sx-riffraff for a pointer in the right direction..nice one matey...

I went for a look on a sunny morning with Frosty and a non member. The buildings are in a very bad state and everything insight has been smashed but there were a few bits that make this place worth a look if you are in the area. We were here about an hour but then saw a few blokes walking...