Been waiting to write a report on this place for months
Also noticed a lot of my reports are schools and churches, bare with me, it’s all we have in south wales (Maybe a few asylums here and there)
Description:
Built as an elementary board school in 1900-02 by J. and F. Weaver (Manselton) in Pennant sandstone to the Jacobethan (or 'Scottish baronial') designs of G. E. T. Laurence. Open U-plan form to symmetrical south front with advanced entrance/stairtower wings of five storeys. Three storey main building and attics. Eight bays to centre. Snecked rubble facings. Bullnosed quoins with incised angles. Freestone dressings. Tiled roofs. Manselton Primary School closed in 2012 after 27 years, merging with nearby Cwmbwrla Primary to form Burlais Primary School.
Situated on the site of former colliery workings, the school was formally opened on Wednesday 22 January 1902 and could accommodate 1,249 children in three departments; the infants on the grouns floor, the girls departments on the first floor, and the boys department on the second floor. Each department had a central hall with two entrances, and cloak rooms and teachers' rooms adjoining. Separate playground, sheds, and offices were provided for the boys and for the girls and infants.
Manselton Primary School, which later occupied the building, closed in 2012.
(Sourced from Coflein)
Cwmbwrla has since been turned into housing, there were plans for Manselton too but they never went through.
The explore:
While entering, My shoes decided they did not want to grip onto the wall, causing me to fall a good few feet a good few times. Which not only hurt my legs but hurt my ego as I’ve always though myself a capable climber, i suppose not
Alot of birds and flies but we will get to that in this report
Photos:
The outside of the building
You used to be able to climb onto the roof, but they took the scaffolding down.
We’re in
The 2nd floor hall
The top floor hall.. So many birds. They fly in and cant find their way out. So they just shit and die in this hall. Some live ones even had maggots eating at them. Yuck.
The basement
This part stunk especially
A stage
Some views of outside
And incase you forgot where we were we found this
This place was just sad with all the birds. We did try opening some windows but they wouldn’t budge. And alot of bird shit on the floor, where else are they gonna shit?
If you could tell us how you feel about this report (Thanks @A-DOG for casting a shadow with his samsung)
BBNC
Ryhs
Also noticed a lot of my reports are schools and churches, bare with me, it’s all we have in south wales (Maybe a few asylums here and there)
Description:
Built as an elementary board school in 1900-02 by J. and F. Weaver (Manselton) in Pennant sandstone to the Jacobethan (or 'Scottish baronial') designs of G. E. T. Laurence. Open U-plan form to symmetrical south front with advanced entrance/stairtower wings of five storeys. Three storey main building and attics. Eight bays to centre. Snecked rubble facings. Bullnosed quoins with incised angles. Freestone dressings. Tiled roofs. Manselton Primary School closed in 2012 after 27 years, merging with nearby Cwmbwrla Primary to form Burlais Primary School.
Situated on the site of former colliery workings, the school was formally opened on Wednesday 22 January 1902 and could accommodate 1,249 children in three departments; the infants on the grouns floor, the girls departments on the first floor, and the boys department on the second floor. Each department had a central hall with two entrances, and cloak rooms and teachers' rooms adjoining. Separate playground, sheds, and offices were provided for the boys and for the girls and infants.
Manselton Primary School, which later occupied the building, closed in 2012.
(Sourced from Coflein)
Cwmbwrla has since been turned into housing, there were plans for Manselton too but they never went through.
The explore:
While entering, My shoes decided they did not want to grip onto the wall, causing me to fall a good few feet a good few times. Which not only hurt my legs but hurt my ego as I’ve always though myself a capable climber, i suppose not
Alot of birds and flies but we will get to that in this report
Photos:
The outside of the building
You used to be able to climb onto the roof, but they took the scaffolding down.
We’re in
The 2nd floor hall
The top floor hall.. So many birds. They fly in and cant find their way out. So they just shit and die in this hall. Some live ones even had maggots eating at them. Yuck.
The basement
This part stunk especially
A stage
Some views of outside
And incase you forgot where we were we found this
This place was just sad with all the birds. We did try opening some windows but they wouldn’t budge. And alot of bird shit on the floor, where else are they gonna shit?
If you could tell us how you feel about this report (Thanks @A-DOG for casting a shadow with his samsung)
BBNC
Ryhs
