An assortment of derelict odds and ends: houses, hill-farms, small factories &c. that don't quite fit anywhere else, found on my travels in England and Wales from 2004 to 2014.
Sandstone Quarry, Sussex, 2014. A small quarry extracting fine-grade sand for the iron industry up until the 1940s.Fisher's Garage, Broadbridge Heath, Sussex, 2013St. Anthony's House, Surrey, 2012
Penglais University Farm, Aberystwyth, 2011
Established in early 1939, this farm was at the forefront of livestock innovation. Many staff were seconded
to the service of the War Agricultural Committees, while remaining staff made considerable contributions to
increasing wartime food production. After the War the work of the farm continued with scientists working to
develop higher yielding breeds of cattle, pigs and sheep, new feeds and new treatments for livestock. It
closed in 2010 and was later redeveloped for student accommodation.House fire/arson, Charlwood, Surrey, 2014Netherne Hospital Cemetery,
Surrey, 2014. About 1,350 people are buried in this quiet corner of a Surrey field; psychiatric patients,
wounded soldiers and relatives of hospital staff. It has been neglected since the 1990s at least.
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Ruperra Castle, Glamorgan, 2013. Built in 1626, the castle fell into ruin during the Second World War.
Family papers dumped in an old poultry barn near Slinfold, Sussex, 2013
Wassell Mill Cottage, Ebernoe, Sussex, 2012
Tai'r Felin, Elerch, Ceredigion, 2011
Scout Camp, Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion, 2011.
Bridges Wood House, Burstow, Surrey, 2011.
Bedfont Court
Smallholdings, near Heathrow, 2011. An estate of smallholdings built after the First World War by the
Middlesex County Council; compulsorily purchased for airport expansion in 2001.
Stormy Limeworks, Glamorgan, 2011. Established to feed the iron and steel works nearby
with lime (used as a fluxing agent in order to separate off slag), this quarry and associated factory seem to have closed around 2001.
HMS Stalker, Pound's Yard, Portsmouth, 2010.
Laid down by Canadian Yarrow of Esquimalt, Canada in 1944 and completed in 1945, Landing Ship (Tank) 3515 arrived
too late to play any role in the War, instead being commissioned as HMS Stalker, a submarine support vessel
based in Londonderry. Stalker was later transferred to Rosyth dockyard as part of the nuclear submarine refit
support fleet but was declared surplus in 2002; she was broken up shortly after this photograph was taken.
Lletysynod, New Row, Ceredigion, 2010
Ynyslas WW2 Rocket Range, Ceredigion, 2010. This once top-secret proving ground hosted
early experiments in long-range guided missile technology which in peacetime would eventually lead to rockets capable of launching satellites into space.
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