Bleak House

Up on the moors, in between Egerton and Darwen, down a very muddy path can be found the ultimate derelict building. Only two of its walls remain and they are crumbling. I visited twice and both times the weather turned nasty - snow on one occasion and an icy shower the other! I found it in keeping with the bleakness of the surrounding landscape. I have put on here a mixture of the pictures from both visits.

 

Excuse the white blobs on the above pic - one from the snowy day!

 

 

A rare moment of sunshine in  between the showers!

 

 

I can't find out any history behind this building. I am assuming it was a farm house or outbuilding. There is another working farm nearby. Therefore this post will be mainly photos and very little words. I hope that the shots sum up the bleakness of the place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More of the snow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The main road on the snowy day as we were leaving. I can certainly say that I suffered for my art on this occasion!

 

Random abandoned places

With a combination of terrible weather and a lack of leads on more interesting places, the past month has comprised of a few small mooches. First of all is Belmont Works which is in the process of being demolished in order to construct more show-box type houses. Belmont Holdings Limited was a Private Limited Company registered on 6 December 1939. On the day that I visited, much of the demolition had occurred, with just one remaining shed of a building left. There was also a pond at the back with some interesting machinery which created a pleasing reflection.

 

 

 

 

 

There were warnings of Asbestos but I decided to have a quick nosey inside.

 

 

Not an awful lot to see but worth a quick look round the place.

 

 

Two weeks later this building was demolished and the land is ready for the developers to build on.

 

 

 

Next up is an abandoned mining wagon that I found on a walk on the moors overlooking Bolton. A nice little diversion on an otherwise uneventful walk.

 

 

 

 

 

And lastly, an abandoned WWII Pillbox near Edgworth. It was used by the Home guard to protect access to the reservoirs nearby as well as to keep watch over Horrobin Mill which was used for wartime storage.

 

Not as exciting as exploring an abandoned asylum or synagogue but nice to have a mooch around what's on the doorstep for a change.