Photography - derelict buildings ?

John Marwood

John Marwood

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cardigan29 said:
Ranton Abbey?
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Very unstable inside

The nearby lodge is occupied by the land manager

It's fenced off for a good reason

The maize is coming along though and the lake is where Patrick Lichfield plonked one of his naked models early one morning. To the delight of the locals . Unipart sold well the following year
 
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alphagamma

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Maybe have a look at this old place in Gaol Sq. Rumour is it has some unusual internal features.
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Jonah

Jonah

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There is an old building just behind the changing rooms by the Shugborough football pitches.
 
Dreamies

Dreamies

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B
Ecker said:
You might like to try this before it gets developed. It's in St. Patrick's Place near
the jail and was, so I am told, the only place in the UK which was permitted by
by The Vatican to produce cassocks for priests and habits for nuns. Again
seriously tone mapped using HDRtist. The hoists on the first and second floors
were used to lift large bails of cloth.

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How do you get In it? Lol
 
gilbert grape

gilbert grape

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Sir BoD said:
http://www.staffordshirenewsletter....mes-left-rot/story-20156363-detail/story.html
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“We cannot formally abandon the old route through Castletown until we are certain that this preferred route will go ahead - and this is unlikely to happen until the Stafford Borough Local Plan is approved.”

Plans for the local plan are currently out for consultation and will close on February 28. 2013!


Read more at http://www.staffordshirenewsletter....0156363-detail/story.html#idPmwT6h426LfYlB.99
 
cardigan29

cardigan29

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citricsquid said:
How do you feel about your own safety and the law? There's a bunch of buildings around Stafford that qualify as derelict, the pièce de résistance is Stafford Snooker Club on the Sandon Road but you'd have to break in. There's a few other derelict buildings in/around the Sandon Road / Marston Road area that you could photograph without committing a crime, I don't know of any as exciting as the Snooker Club though. A lot are disappearing now with redevelopment, St Georges has met that fate -- not that it's a bad thing for the town, a bad thing for derelict building photography though.
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Happened to come across the following and remembered the Sandonia (Stafford Snooker Club) has been mentioned a few times on the forum.
I can't see the place opening up as anything soon (unless it's more bloody housing after it's fallen or been knocked down):


The vid (not mine) is not the best (shaky in places and dark) but it does reveal that there is not much left inside!

There's also this from 5 years ago:

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/the-sandonia-theatre-stafford-sept-2011.t64784

And a few pics from another era:
http://www.search.staffspasttrack.o...eyWord=stafford cinema&SortOrder=2#searcharea

http://www.search.staffspasttrack.o...geIndex=2&KeyWord=stafford cinema&SortOrder=2

http://www.search.staffspasttrack.o...geIndex=2&KeyWord=stafford cinema&SortOrder=2

http://www.search.staffspasttrack.o...geIndex=2&KeyWord=stafford cinema&SortOrder=2

http://www.search.staffspasttrack.o...geIndex=2&KeyWord=stafford cinema&SortOrder=2

http://www.search.staffspasttrack.o...3552&PageIndex=1&KeyWord=sandonia&SortOrder=2

Oh and some may be surprised to hear that the old co-op department store in the town used to be a cinema:

http://www.search.staffspasttrack.o...geIndex=1&KeyWord=stafford cinema&SortOrder=2

http://www.search.staffspasttrack.o...geIndex=1&KeyWord=stafford cinema&SortOrder=2
 
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Bob

Bob

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Look at national trust sites, Calke Abbey near Derby is a beautiful building and some areas of the property are yet to be restored, cracks in the walls, peeling paper, worn flooring etc. Attingham park in Shrewsbury has a lot of derelict garden buildings with all the old equipment in them as well.

There's Seighford Hall, the caretaker of the building lives around the back of the property, you could ask nicely for a tour. Also in Seighford you have the old RAF buildings if you don't mind braving the cattle, I believe they are owned by the farmer at Hexatall Farm in Ranton so, it might not hurt to ask first. And the estate there have some empty barns awaiting renovation.

The Hand and Cleaver is sitting empty as well, it's a mess from the outside, it's on the market at the moment, the owner is David Gough, he has a landscaping business so you could Google him for the number or contact the estate agents.

Good luck
 
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