The History:
This location was originally built by two brothers in 1585 as a manor house, with residential use up until early the 1960s where it was purchased by two local business men and turned into an exclusive gentleman's dining/ gaming club, while also building a new office block alongside. They ceased trading in 1962, the estate then changed hands again.
From the mid 1960s it had what a later owner described as a ‘colourful spell as a gentleman’s dining and gaming club with the benefit of the only late licence in Chesterfield’. From 1970 the property became better known as a squash club, before declining in the 1990s and 2000s, when the business fell into receivership. Brampton Manor changed hands in 2005 and became a country club with facilities for weddings, private parties and spa days, as well as a sports club.
The site also features a grade II listed gazebo, which appears to date from the early eighteenth century.
In December 2021 the council gave permission to turn the place into apartments, it was closed in 2022 to allow for redevelopment but after delays vandals trashed the place and set the pool building on fire.
Now it sits abandoned, very well sealed up and covered in cameras.
The Explore:
This was my second visit after discovering the place last month, while continuing my recon of Chesterfield locations I decided I'd come back and attempt to take some photos this time.
Still a little sketched out by the abundance of cameras, I cautiously made my way onto the premises and headed straight for the pool to grab some snaps while there was still daylight. I quickly noticed that someone else had already visited and made the entrance look way too bait, so I waited around for a bit before entering the main building to see if anyone else showed up. With no one to be seen I headed in, bracing myself for the potential damage the scrotes had caused.
Once inside I took my time trying to capture some half decent shots. There was quite a bit of new vandalism annoyingly, random things thrown around and glass smashed. Was pretty much impossible to photograph around it, but there was plenty of stuff still in place making the revisit worth it.
Old Squash Courts:
Now into the main building:
Some psycho left the fridge open, I don't need to describe the smell...
That wraps up downstairs and the basement.
This location was originally built by two brothers in 1585 as a manor house, with residential use up until early the 1960s where it was purchased by two local business men and turned into an exclusive gentleman's dining/ gaming club, while also building a new office block alongside. They ceased trading in 1962, the estate then changed hands again.
From the mid 1960s it had what a later owner described as a ‘colourful spell as a gentleman’s dining and gaming club with the benefit of the only late licence in Chesterfield’. From 1970 the property became better known as a squash club, before declining in the 1990s and 2000s, when the business fell into receivership. Brampton Manor changed hands in 2005 and became a country club with facilities for weddings, private parties and spa days, as well as a sports club.
The site also features a grade II listed gazebo, which appears to date from the early eighteenth century.
In December 2021 the council gave permission to turn the place into apartments, it was closed in 2022 to allow for redevelopment but after delays vandals trashed the place and set the pool building on fire.
Now it sits abandoned, very well sealed up and covered in cameras.
The Explore:
This was my second visit after discovering the place last month, while continuing my recon of Chesterfield locations I decided I'd come back and attempt to take some photos this time.
Still a little sketched out by the abundance of cameras, I cautiously made my way onto the premises and headed straight for the pool to grab some snaps while there was still daylight. I quickly noticed that someone else had already visited and made the entrance look way too bait, so I waited around for a bit before entering the main building to see if anyone else showed up. With no one to be seen I headed in, bracing myself for the potential damage the scrotes had caused.
Once inside I took my time trying to capture some half decent shots. There was quite a bit of new vandalism annoyingly, random things thrown around and glass smashed. Was pretty much impossible to photograph around it, but there was plenty of stuff still in place making the revisit worth it.
Old Squash Courts:
Now into the main building:
Some psycho left the fridge open, I don't need to describe the smell...
That wraps up downstairs and the basement.
