Firbeck Hall - January 2013
After failing hard at our first target (more PIRs than you could shake a stick at, alarms, slippery stonework and a heavily bruised coccyx), we hotfooted it across town to Firbeck, to follow up on a lead.
Brief history:
- Built in 1594 by William West, author of a legal textbook called "Symbolaeographia."
- bought by Henry Gally in the late 18th-century. His son, Henry Gally-Knight, in 1820, substantially remodelled and extended Firbeck in the Elizabethan style we see today.
- badly damaged by fire in 1924
- sold in 1934 to businessman Cyril Nicholson who invested £80,000 (approx £4m – 2008 values) modernising the house to create a country club that was frequented by the prince of Wales and Amy Johnson
- the Hall became an annexe to Sheffield Royal Infirmary during the war.
- purchased by the Miners’ Welfare Commission in 1945 as a Miners’ Rehabilitation Centre, closing in 1991.
- Jason Cooper of Doncaster purchased Firbeck Hall and its 45 acres (180,000 m2) of grounds on 6 July 2010. Cooper has a history of restoring Country Homes in the Yorkshire area. Good luck to him, he's going to need it (and pots of money!)
What can I say about this place, other than it's totally fucked in many places - the roof has been stripped and the water is now wrecking the floors and ceilings - if you go, watch where you're putting your feet!
(Apologies for the grainy pics, my camera decided today was ISO 1600 day)
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Nice art deco detail from the 1934 modernisation mentioned above
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1950's Paperwork from the Miners' Rehab Centre days
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Re: Firbeck Hall - January 2013
Oh I do like this indeed! :thumb
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Sweet. I loved this place. The death threats kinda put me off going back though! Well done for not getting collared!
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Wow, this is beautiful and deffo worth the effort I would say!
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spiral stair case is proper good...
Re: Firbeck Hall - January 2013
Nice work Muttley, some top photos.
Re: Firbeck Hall - January 2013
Nice one, you were lucky the shotgun psycho's didn't collar you, thought we were gonna die! Looks to be going even further downhill.
Re: Firbeck Hall - January 2013
nice to see this again well done for not getting caught as security were a bit over the top reading previous reports
Re: Firbeck Hall - January 2013
wow this looks great mate. well done i like the stairs