Not much history on this place. It was built in the 1800's and had bits added on over the years.
Many years ago it used to be a nice place to go but a couple of bad tenants/owners saw it decline to a worthless ruin. The internet is strewn with terrible reviews for the place from it's food to the last owners screaming in the face of customers. Locally it had the privilege of being labelled the shit hole.
They tried the usual failing pub ideas, quiz nights, weekend functions, coffin dodger afternoons etc etc but you can't change locals opinion when it's decided the owners are aresoles and as the tourists are really only in great numbers for a few weeks each year it's the locals you need to be keeping happy.
There is now a new firm in charge of it and plans were submitted last year to tear it down and make a new big super hotel.
I've seen the plans for the place and it doesn't fit in with its surroundings, it's massive and with statements saying it will generate over 50 jobs, the two new guys (and I mean new, they've just started trading) are saying it will be a super hotel and seem to believe there won't be any local friction regarding such a monstrosity of a building. Needless to say i think the plans were rejected and nothing's happened. Their completion date is end of next year so they need to get a move on lol.
I've had my eye on this for a while but there's been a big white van at the back and lights on for months. I thought they were workers, on one visit I looked through the windows and it seemed at first they were workers renovating the place.
Sadly I think they were strippers and have destroyed the place somewhat whilst I've been watching them, if only I had realised and called the police, anyway it is what it is.
Coming back from Sheffield last week I noticed no van and the lights were off but that night I had definatley had enough but on the way back last night again I called in. I didn't even expect entry so i even cheekily parked right on the front just for a quick nosey lol.
Entry requires a certain amount of ingenuity as all access points are locked tight but there is a way in if you look around long enough.
Any toilets still intact seem to have a turd or some other bits in them and a room upstairs stinks of shit due to no water in the u bend and a rotting dump sat there.
The furniture is mostly gone, a few beds here and there left, some of the cupboards still filled with bedding or hotel consumables.
Downstairs the stainless steel kitchen has gone, and it looks like at some point they've tried to auction off some fixtures and fittings.
What I think is the cellar is screwed up and I couldn't find a screwdriver so that's for another day but a services room round the back is flooded so maybe it's under water hence it's screwed tight.
The good bits are the still (realativley) stocked bars, the old woodwork of the reception rooms and the staircase all which are seemingly original features.
A chilled mooch that I actually spent a few hours at, it's going to be pulled down at some point so I'm glad I eventually got in and for all intents and purposes I think im the first urbexer in which I never thought I would do on a site.
For some reason half my (phone) pictures are out of focus or shaky I was messing about with a gimbal earlier in the day so maybe I've got some dirt on the lens or somthing either way I've not managed to capture the place how I would have liked so I might try again at some point.
There is an owners accommodation flat at the end of the property which only has the outside door as means of access, inside its just empty damp rooms, I only took a couple pics and they might not make the report.
The outbuildings have countless belongings and packs of consumables, upstairs there's boxes of Christmas puddings, sponge fingers, coffee and other such things. The usual boxes of Christmas lights are scattered around along with all the keys for the rooms. The bedrooms are pretty empty, all have ensuite.
I hope the pictures aren't too bad, I need to get much better with my photography. Done with a phone and a torch, enjoy.
Many years ago it used to be a nice place to go but a couple of bad tenants/owners saw it decline to a worthless ruin. The internet is strewn with terrible reviews for the place from it's food to the last owners screaming in the face of customers. Locally it had the privilege of being labelled the shit hole.
They tried the usual failing pub ideas, quiz nights, weekend functions, coffin dodger afternoons etc etc but you can't change locals opinion when it's decided the owners are aresoles and as the tourists are really only in great numbers for a few weeks each year it's the locals you need to be keeping happy.
There is now a new firm in charge of it and plans were submitted last year to tear it down and make a new big super hotel.
I've seen the plans for the place and it doesn't fit in with its surroundings, it's massive and with statements saying it will generate over 50 jobs, the two new guys (and I mean new, they've just started trading) are saying it will be a super hotel and seem to believe there won't be any local friction regarding such a monstrosity of a building. Needless to say i think the plans were rejected and nothing's happened. Their completion date is end of next year so they need to get a move on lol.
I've had my eye on this for a while but there's been a big white van at the back and lights on for months. I thought they were workers, on one visit I looked through the windows and it seemed at first they were workers renovating the place.
Sadly I think they were strippers and have destroyed the place somewhat whilst I've been watching them, if only I had realised and called the police, anyway it is what it is.
Coming back from Sheffield last week I noticed no van and the lights were off but that night I had definatley had enough but on the way back last night again I called in. I didn't even expect entry so i even cheekily parked right on the front just for a quick nosey lol.
Entry requires a certain amount of ingenuity as all access points are locked tight but there is a way in if you look around long enough.
Any toilets still intact seem to have a turd or some other bits in them and a room upstairs stinks of shit due to no water in the u bend and a rotting dump sat there.
The furniture is mostly gone, a few beds here and there left, some of the cupboards still filled with bedding or hotel consumables.
Downstairs the stainless steel kitchen has gone, and it looks like at some point they've tried to auction off some fixtures and fittings.
What I think is the cellar is screwed up and I couldn't find a screwdriver so that's for another day but a services room round the back is flooded so maybe it's under water hence it's screwed tight.
The good bits are the still (realativley) stocked bars, the old woodwork of the reception rooms and the staircase all which are seemingly original features.
A chilled mooch that I actually spent a few hours at, it's going to be pulled down at some point so I'm glad I eventually got in and for all intents and purposes I think im the first urbexer in which I never thought I would do on a site.
For some reason half my (phone) pictures are out of focus or shaky I was messing about with a gimbal earlier in the day so maybe I've got some dirt on the lens or somthing either way I've not managed to capture the place how I would have liked so I might try again at some point.
There is an owners accommodation flat at the end of the property which only has the outside door as means of access, inside its just empty damp rooms, I only took a couple pics and they might not make the report.
The outbuildings have countless belongings and packs of consumables, upstairs there's boxes of Christmas puddings, sponge fingers, coffee and other such things. The usual boxes of Christmas lights are scattered around along with all the keys for the rooms. The bedrooms are pretty empty, all have ensuite.
I hope the pictures aren't too bad, I need to get much better with my photography. Done with a phone and a torch, enjoy.
