After re-visiting a few days ago and making a preset for my photos that I was happy with, I've decided that I should probably get on with posting a report as that's usually what I have in mind when I go to take these kind of photos.
History
I'll keep this brief as it has been done many times before. Dobroyd Mill was a textile manufacturing mill built in 1829. From 1919 until 1974, the site was used for fine cloth manufacturing by Dobroyd Ltd, and from 1976 was used in a similar way by John Woodhead Ltd. In the 1990s the derelict site was acquired by Z Hinchliffe & Sons with hopes that it would be used by a major retail client, however this fell through. Since then, it has laid empty with sporadic demolition of different areas taking place.
Explore
On our first visit, there were no signs of any demolition actively taking place whatsoever and access was extremely easy through an open door. We did however spend about half an hour walking round the wrong side of the building sizing up holes in windows before realising this.
On the second visit the site was fenced off and half demolished. Notwithstanding, we were still able to get in but it felt a lot less secluded (especially when stood on the roof!). I am not sure how far they plan to take the demolition (hopefully not to the oldest parts of the building) but they have already made a significant dent. Swathes of the building have also now been cleared of most debris and interesting bits and bobs, so it feels a lot more empty.
Photos
Hope you enjoyed the photos and apologies if its a little photo heavy! Now that I've got a workable preset I might work through some of my old photos to get some more reports out...
Thanks!
History
I'll keep this brief as it has been done many times before. Dobroyd Mill was a textile manufacturing mill built in 1829. From 1919 until 1974, the site was used for fine cloth manufacturing by Dobroyd Ltd, and from 1976 was used in a similar way by John Woodhead Ltd. In the 1990s the derelict site was acquired by Z Hinchliffe & Sons with hopes that it would be used by a major retail client, however this fell through. Since then, it has laid empty with sporadic demolition of different areas taking place.
Explore
On our first visit, there were no signs of any demolition actively taking place whatsoever and access was extremely easy through an open door. We did however spend about half an hour walking round the wrong side of the building sizing up holes in windows before realising this.
On the second visit the site was fenced off and half demolished. Notwithstanding, we were still able to get in but it felt a lot less secluded (especially when stood on the roof!). I am not sure how far they plan to take the demolition (hopefully not to the oldest parts of the building) but they have already made a significant dent. Swathes of the building have also now been cleared of most debris and interesting bits and bobs, so it feels a lot more empty.
Photos
Hope you enjoyed the photos and apologies if its a little photo heavy! Now that I've got a workable preset I might work through some of my old photos to get some more reports out...
Thanks!