Just a note, although different schools theyre on the same site and basically identical. So instead of writing 2 reports on each similar school I’d rather just write 1 big report on both as they share the same structure, site and layouts.
Description:
Daniel James community school was built to the designs of H. T. Wykes and opened in June 1959 under the name Mynydd Bach. The school was designed as an upper and lower school, inked by a main entrance hall and large and small halls. The two halls were separated by a sliding folding partition an were capable of being thrown into one to provide a large meeting area. The middle school was later added, and linked with the existing buildings. The school was constructed with a steel frame and castellated beams carrying the floor loads. Windows and quickly-erected wall cladding, therefore, replaced load-bearing walls. In addition to being functional, this system gave the feeling of lightness associated with contemporary designs. Reflecting the new education system propelled by the 1944 Butler Education Act, Mynyddbach School included 19 classrooms, 5 laboratories, 4 domestic science rooms, 2 needlework rooms, 2 craft rooms, 2 art rooms, 2 libraries, and 2 gymnasia, together with an admin section and medical inspection room. Playing fields were sited to the north and west sides of the building, adjoining the common. ( From Coflein )
History:
The school used to be an all girls school until it merged with nearby Penlan Comprehensive in 2001. The new school never really preformed well with students often having the worst gcse results in Swansea. The comprehensive school closed in 2012 due to bad grades and dwindling pupil numbers. But the primary school Tirdeunaw stayed open until 2021 when a new school was built on a different site. The site still lays vacant.
The Explore:
Entry was not a problem, the rooftops are fun to climb onto and we had a nice game of futsal in the gymnasium. Unfortunately @A-DOG did his hand in jumping from a window onto a roof.
Theres tons of glass laying about, more than at your usual spot for sure.
It seems the site is popular for nearby teens to come to smash the place up, since we last came theres much more graffiti than my last visit, and everything is practically smashed up.
As we were leaving 2 police cars and a van pulled up and we were caught red handed leaving so we could not really get ourselves out that situation.
Photos:
The Tirdeunaw Main Hall:
And a kitchen too, so it was a canteen and a main hall
Hallways Littered with Asbestos and Whatever other fun stuff that builders used in the 50’s
One of those trips you should definitely bring a mask for
One of the hallways Circa 2011
The Pool Room
I remember when we discovered this room back last year it was basically untouched, there we still tons of tables and chairs and classroom equipment unlike the rest of the site. Unfortunately we saw that a window had been opened and smashed through and the pool room was ransacked, all the stuff a thrown into the not very clean pool water
Pool room circa 2011
Anyone want to own up?
Dan James Main Hall
The much bigger and more impressive hall, with those climbing frames you never got to use in school!
just a note, A-dog did not write that graff. I know the person that did and it wasn’t A-dog!
I imagine it had more life and colour while it was active
The gymnasium
A Gymnasium that still had dodgeballs and badminton equipment
Science department
The science department was basically the only section that was not trashed, likely because the tables and equipment are stuck onto the floor
Other classrooms and side rooms we found all basically looked like this
The rooftops
Now the most fun part was clambering on the roofs of the place. It isn’t exactly hard to reach the right top of the building, but the main road and nearby football complex really hinder you getting a good look around
@A-DOG jumping from a window onto another rooftop
He cut his hand pretty bad after landing on some glass, and another mate cut his hand slipping on a bunch of square glass. Common sense but be careful!
Not sure on the views here about posting injuries and that stuff here so I won’t go posting any images of those
That’s the report, @RealBBNC made one about it last year but I think it needed a re-do with more knowledge on photography and urbex etiquette
Ryhs
BBNC
Description:
Daniel James community school was built to the designs of H. T. Wykes and opened in June 1959 under the name Mynydd Bach. The school was designed as an upper and lower school, inked by a main entrance hall and large and small halls. The two halls were separated by a sliding folding partition an were capable of being thrown into one to provide a large meeting area. The middle school was later added, and linked with the existing buildings. The school was constructed with a steel frame and castellated beams carrying the floor loads. Windows and quickly-erected wall cladding, therefore, replaced load-bearing walls. In addition to being functional, this system gave the feeling of lightness associated with contemporary designs. Reflecting the new education system propelled by the 1944 Butler Education Act, Mynyddbach School included 19 classrooms, 5 laboratories, 4 domestic science rooms, 2 needlework rooms, 2 craft rooms, 2 art rooms, 2 libraries, and 2 gymnasia, together with an admin section and medical inspection room. Playing fields were sited to the north and west sides of the building, adjoining the common. ( From Coflein )
History:
The school used to be an all girls school until it merged with nearby Penlan Comprehensive in 2001. The new school never really preformed well with students often having the worst gcse results in Swansea. The comprehensive school closed in 2012 due to bad grades and dwindling pupil numbers. But the primary school Tirdeunaw stayed open until 2021 when a new school was built on a different site. The site still lays vacant.
The Explore:
Entry was not a problem, the rooftops are fun to climb onto and we had a nice game of futsal in the gymnasium. Unfortunately @A-DOG did his hand in jumping from a window onto a roof.
Theres tons of glass laying about, more than at your usual spot for sure.
It seems the site is popular for nearby teens to come to smash the place up, since we last came theres much more graffiti than my last visit, and everything is practically smashed up.
As we were leaving 2 police cars and a van pulled up and we were caught red handed leaving so we could not really get ourselves out that situation.
Photos:
The Tirdeunaw Main Hall:
And a kitchen too, so it was a canteen and a main hall
Hallways Littered with Asbestos and Whatever other fun stuff that builders used in the 50’s
One of those trips you should definitely bring a mask for
One of the hallways Circa 2011
The Pool Room
I remember when we discovered this room back last year it was basically untouched, there we still tons of tables and chairs and classroom equipment unlike the rest of the site. Unfortunately we saw that a window had been opened and smashed through and the pool room was ransacked, all the stuff a thrown into the not very clean pool water
Pool room circa 2011
Anyone want to own up?
Dan James Main Hall
The much bigger and more impressive hall, with those climbing frames you never got to use in school!
just a note, A-dog did not write that graff. I know the person that did and it wasn’t A-dog!
I imagine it had more life and colour while it was active
The gymnasium
A Gymnasium that still had dodgeballs and badminton equipment
Science department
The science department was basically the only section that was not trashed, likely because the tables and equipment are stuck onto the floor
Other classrooms and side rooms we found all basically looked like this
The rooftops
Now the most fun part was clambering on the roofs of the place. It isn’t exactly hard to reach the right top of the building, but the main road and nearby football complex really hinder you getting a good look around
@A-DOG jumping from a window onto another rooftop
He cut his hand pretty bad after landing on some glass, and another mate cut his hand slipping on a bunch of square glass. Common sense but be careful!
Not sure on the views here about posting injuries and that stuff here so I won’t go posting any images of those
That’s the report, @RealBBNC made one about it last year but I think it needed a re-do with more knowledge on photography and urbex etiquette
Ryhs
BBNC
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