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Great Britain Kinmel Hall, Wales - May 2018

The_Raw

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The present chateau style house, the third on the site, was built for the Hughes copper mining family. The house, designed in the 1870s, was called a 'calendar house' as it had 365 rooms. It is set in walled gardens of around 18 acres, which are themselves set in grounds of around 5,000 acres, encompassing open fields, parkland and forests. The 1870s structure is an example of the myriad of new types of buildings that were arising during the Victorian era to fulfil increasingly specialised functions. For example, there was a room in the mansion that was only to be used for the ironing of newspapers, so that the ink would not come off on the reader's hands.

The property was last used as a private home in 1929, after which it was converted to a 'rheuma spa', a health centre for the treatment of people with rheumatism. The spa remained until the outbreak of World War II, when the hall was taken over as a hospital. Post-war the hall became Clarendon Girls' School, but after extensive fire damage in 1975, the school was forced to close. Restored by businessman Eddie Vince as a Christian conference centre, it was sold at auction in 2001, but a proposed redevelopment by Derbyshire Investments failed to materialise. The property was to be offered for sale by auction on 12 October 2011 with a reserve price of £1.5million which did not include the 5,000 acres of surrounding land. However it was bought shortly before auction by a businessman who bid closest to the £1.5m guide price. He intended to develop the property into a hotel, but these plans never materialised, and the property lies derelict. In 2015 Kinmel Hall was identified by the Victorian Society as one of the top ten at-risk Victorian and Edwardian buildings.

This has popped up a few times over the last few years and amazingly nothing much has changed since the last report in 2016. I failed here a couple of years back so it was time for round 2 with @Andy& @Miss.Anthrope. We don't take Ls baby! Renovation work appears to be taking place so there are definitely people working here during the week. The ground floor is where all the good stuff is at. Upstairs everything is pretty much stripped and empty. Anyway, I'm glad to have finally made it in here. Definitely one of the best mansions in the UK.

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Cheers for looking :)

 
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Urbexbandoned

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Really nice to see this place pop up again, I have vivid memories of lurking around and walking for ages of this place ?

Its like a nice cheddar, matures nicely with age. She still has a lot going on and kudos for persevering  (y)  

I love the contrast between those marble pillars and that wood. nice work Damo 

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Here's something I haven't seen pop up for a while! Very nice mate. Fantastic pictures and write up! Might have to stop by sometime  :D

 

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Its a stunning building for sure, i remember doing a runner a couple of years back :)

 
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Awesome job! The place is looking pretty tidy at the moment.

 

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Thanks all. Yeah it's pretty special this one. Unbelievable it has been sat doing nothing for so long really

 
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