Hello, my name is VentureClimbing "Beta" I am part of a small Urban Exploration group. VentureClimbing,
I have come to give my views and experiences on this old hotel.
The hotel closed in 2004 and the company that bought it ceased to exist shortly afterwards. The ancient law of escheat meant that it fell into the hands of the Queen’s Crown Estate solicitors, who, though disinclined to manage or market the building, are open to a sale. The Council has spent £77,000 on the building in recent years but has been unable to find a developer willing to take it on. New sources of funding are desperately needed to restore this important city-centre building.
I can now sadly confirm that renovation work has begun inside the building. This place was a hefty explore. The building is a 8/10 in terms of danger. The roof has given way in many parts and you can often feel the floor bend beneath your feet, also possible asbestos in the building so we approached with respirators on hand, although we didn't get a massive area covered however we covered it in large amounts of detail. Within the building there is many challenges such as the floor and the broken glass all over the floor in varies locations, me and my team explored a elevator shaft, as we got a smaller member to rappel down whilst using me as a anchor. Various points of the shaft were draftee and I would not recommend doing this again as he did in fact fall and I had to climb down and get him because his Carbineer failed due to the strain.
Here is the view after the access point.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=518090265054784&set=p.518090265054784&type=3
Here is the Customer Car Park.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=518090245054786&set=p.518090245054786&type=3
I mean its dark and grim inside the place its also really cold due to some little knobs breaking the windows. The electric is dead due to the fuse box being in 100 bits on the floor (knobs again) however that's not so bad as otherwise there would be live wires hanging every-ware, also inside the entry point's level there is building supplies that have not been used as of yet. I am very proud to say that VentureClimbing was possibly the last to set foot in the Crown Central Plaza.
Don't witch-hunt the guys profile on Facebook. He was kind enough to let me use his camera to do this.
I have come to give my views and experiences on this old hotel.
The hotel closed in 2004 and the company that bought it ceased to exist shortly afterwards. The ancient law of escheat meant that it fell into the hands of the Queen’s Crown Estate solicitors, who, though disinclined to manage or market the building, are open to a sale. The Council has spent £77,000 on the building in recent years but has been unable to find a developer willing to take it on. New sources of funding are desperately needed to restore this important city-centre building.
I can now sadly confirm that renovation work has begun inside the building. This place was a hefty explore. The building is a 8/10 in terms of danger. The roof has given way in many parts and you can often feel the floor bend beneath your feet, also possible asbestos in the building so we approached with respirators on hand, although we didn't get a massive area covered however we covered it in large amounts of detail. Within the building there is many challenges such as the floor and the broken glass all over the floor in varies locations, me and my team explored a elevator shaft, as we got a smaller member to rappel down whilst using me as a anchor. Various points of the shaft were draftee and I would not recommend doing this again as he did in fact fall and I had to climb down and get him because his Carbineer failed due to the strain.
Here is the view after the access point.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=518090265054784&set=p.518090265054784&type=3
Here is the Customer Car Park.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=518090245054786&set=p.518090245054786&type=3
I mean its dark and grim inside the place its also really cold due to some little knobs breaking the windows. The electric is dead due to the fuse box being in 100 bits on the floor (knobs again) however that's not so bad as otherwise there would be live wires hanging every-ware, also inside the entry point's level there is building supplies that have not been used as of yet. I am very proud to say that VentureClimbing was possibly the last to set foot in the Crown Central Plaza.
Don't witch-hunt the guys profile on Facebook. He was kind enough to let me use his camera to do this.
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