I got back from the States at the beginning of this month and I've been itching to get out exploring again but, truth be told, I'm finding it very difficult at the moment to find places over here which grab me by the balls enough to make me want to explore them. After various weekend plans fell through over the last couple of weekends I settled on a day of checking out some fairly local sites with an old exploring friend, some I knew well, others were complete shots in the dark as to whether they'd still be there or not.

We were both pleasantly surprised by this place, which was nice. I really wasn't expecting much, and after seeing how ruined the first few rooms were my expectations were low. But further into the building it looks as if some rooms have barely been touched since the home closed in 2008, and certain rooms have some amazing natural decay seeping through.

It's the same story with this location as with many of this kind of 1970s care home buildings. This one specialised in housing elderly people with dementia within it's 25 bedrooms, and was forced to close in 2008 after new legislation was brought in requiring all care homes to have an en suite bathroom in every bedroom. Many of the care homes weren't able to provide these facilities so had to shut down. I've explored quite a number of these now and this was one of my favourites because of the gorgeous decay in some of the areas.

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Nice find bud!! Great mix of natural decay and things left behind.

Man, place looks like it smells like shit. Looks great through your lens though!

FUCKING NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#9 is insane, I would have shot that so many different ways from so many angles!

That bed shot too, #8 - so good!

Lovely place Mookster. You caught some epic decay in numbers 3 to 10! 8 is especially beautiful, even a bit haunting.

I can almost imagine following your squishy wet footprints across the carpets.

What the heck is it with pedestal sinks always being smashed in abandonments? I counted three of them in the photos, all looking as though they had the right sides whacked with a sledge hammer.

#8 looks like a body totally disintegrated on top of the bed. I have a wild imagination but it's something.....

Cheers everyone, it was a great little place indeed.

Posted by Ground State What the heck is it with pedestal sinks always being smashed in abandonments? I counted three of them in the photos, all looking as though they had the right sides whacked with a sledge hammer.

Thieves/pikeys/scrappers go after the taps and plumbing work.

Posted by mookster Thieves/pikeys/scrappers go after the taps and plumbing work.

You know, idiotically, I've been to hundreds of places and know full well that scrappers will take anything, and I still never really made the connection that it's easier to get the fixtures off if you work from inside the pedestal by breaking one end of it off. Huh. I guess I've also been unintentionally biased by actually BEING one of those asshole kids that smashed porcelain fixtures in abandoned places a few times for no actual good reason. I'd give myself a good hiding if I ran into my 13-year old self now.

That bedspread in #8 all sad, green and moldy....Must of looked liked #13 once upon a time. Wow! What a difference in the two rooms.

These are all absolutely gorgeous! Im in love with the green mold in 8 and the plant taking over the wall in 9, beautiful find my friend!