Hmmmm. Denbigh.
What do you say? It's a funny old place. Back in 2006 it was trashed. When I want in 2008 it was trashed further, now 12 years later it is somehow still standing, yet trashed. It has seen open season for explorers, haunted live, fires, crazy security guards and their dogs, fights between the council and developers with royals getting involved, and somehow it still sits derelict. Whilst it may not be the forums favourite, as it hasn't ever really contained much of interest, it is an inherently beautiful Victorian Gothic structure and do sincerely hope that the Denbigh Council do manage to restore it so some sort of glory. The front facade is a thing of beauty.
I visited back in 2008 with @kingrat and others (Lutex and Wraith I think) after we had spent a messy Friday evening in KingRat's local boozer down near MK drinking Strongbow slushies. The 5am start, long drive and massive hangover clouded my day considerably. I'll be entirely honest, I only vaguely remember the explore. We spent a long time trying to find a way up the tower, where I first discovered the arse clenching feeling of a rotten floor giving way. We bumped into many explorers on the day, too many to name here, messed about in the hall and discovered the joys of finding toilet roll in a derp. All I really remember of the buildings is that there largely stripped of anything after a failed development attempt and generally beaten down. Photographically, it wasn't very photogenic as I was too hungover to take a decent photo!
Still the hall was still there and the admin had floors so it wasn't all bad!
A view from the tower (taken by @kingrat after I handed him my camera, and then promptly found the weakest floorboards)
The main hall, a few weeks before it burnt to the ground
An old archive shot of the hall with the most incredible ceiling:
A few corridor / services / ward shots:
The small chapel
What do you say? It's a funny old place. Back in 2006 it was trashed. When I want in 2008 it was trashed further, now 12 years later it is somehow still standing, yet trashed. It has seen open season for explorers, haunted live, fires, crazy security guards and their dogs, fights between the council and developers with royals getting involved, and somehow it still sits derelict. Whilst it may not be the forums favourite, as it hasn't ever really contained much of interest, it is an inherently beautiful Victorian Gothic structure and do sincerely hope that the Denbigh Council do manage to restore it so some sort of glory. The front facade is a thing of beauty.
Still the hall was still there and the admin had floors so it wasn't all bad!
A view from the tower (taken by @kingrat after I handed him my camera, and then promptly found the weakest floorboards)
The main hall, a few weeks before it burnt to the ground
An old archive shot of the hall with the most incredible ceiling:
A few corridor / services / ward shots:
The small chapel
