Report - Butterley Engineering - Ripley, Derbyshire - June 2017

[moz88]

Stumbled on this site by chance whilst looking for a quarry; and was glad I did as the grounds are pretty expansive and the main industrial building is quite awe inspiring on a bright sunny day, especially once you get inside. Having glanced over some of the reports here I felt I'd add my own, given recent fire damage. Had a good mooch about but I did not manage the top floor of the industrial building, which may also be damaged by fire although the ground floor ceiling was intact (see photos).

Background:
The Butterley Company was an English manufacturing firm founded by Benjamin Outram and Company in 1790. Portions of it existed until 2009. The company was a major iron works provider for more than two centuries and had a hand in the construction of many iconic buildings, including St Pancras Station, Vauxhall Bridge, Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower, the Falkirk Wheel and many more.

Historical pics and interesting facts:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/derby/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8470000/8470702.stm
The building was subject to an arson attack by some arsehole in April 2017:
http://www.nottinghampost.com/six-f...ict-building/story-30271021-detail/story.html


PICS!

Smoke stained wall:

Fire Damage:

The office building loft was a nice bonus feature

 

[Thumper]

Great atmospheric photographs! Interesting place with lots of great features, a real shame about the fire but doesn't seem to have done masses of damage, thankfully.

 

[guyyy]

amazing

 

[Darentoot]

Is this place still accessible ???
I'm a n this area next weds 11th looking to do a shoot.

 

[WildBoyz]

Not a bad set. Shot three is my favourite.

 

[HughieD]

Fab pix....would like to see even more!

 

[moz88]

Fab pix....would like to see even more!

There are a couple more photo's here

https://www.flickr.com/photos/151936511@N02/albums/72157685762310631

 

[Lolz101]

Nice set of images, I really like this site lots of ridiculous fun getting from one building to the other

 

[Scoobysrt]

Just come back from here, hardly any artefacts left at all. I got in the spiral staircase workshop and the one to the right of it accessing through a slit in the wall.
Didn't get in the separate building next to the car park and didn't get in anywhere on the far side.
I climbed over the main gate to get in but found a much much easier access point to get out.
Not a very long visit (took much longer to get there lol) but another mooch ticked off the list.

 

[Speed]

Yeh, the offices and stores have been stripped now. Because of the fire I think.