I visited this site last year and couldn’t get inside the building despite climbing the fence. Just attempted to revisit it today and found it demolished. Really shocked a building like this could be levelled with no preservation at all but so be it. I just hope a similar fate doesn’t occur for cairndhu house, which is a remarkably similar looking building in Northern Ireland, although its interior is utterly ruined.
That's terrible, I think they do it on purpose. If they leave it long enough so it's beyond financial repair they are able to knock it down due to a safety risk. It was bad enough when I was there. It's the only place I've had to watch what's above my head and where I'm putting my feet at the same time. The original plan was for the collage to use it as a halls of residence.
Out of curiosity… do you remember seeing a basement or anything that would indicate a basement? I was walking on the demolition site last week and distinctly realised I was walking on floorboards, then noticed gaps which opened to something below
Hi Iain I vaguely remember when walking along the front of the building there were steps down from the outside to a lower level about half way along. So it's highly possible there might be something underneath, possibly a boiler room. That's why walking inside was quite tricky as the floor was very unsafe in places and had collapsed right through. I think you can see near the start of my video. It's the bit where you can see the floor above had fallen all the way through into a possible basement or larger crawl space. Same with the part where all the radiators were in the corridor made into a walkway.
@@RobsUrbanExploringPossibly the area on the left at 1:34 ? It’s hard to estimate where I was since I was walking on bare, open foundations but I definitely ended up walking on a floor of some description with holes and got quite a fright! I tried to look down with a torch but I couldn’t see how far it went or how big the area was
@@RobsUrbanExploringOr it could well be the area you mention where an upper level fell through, I do remember it was slightly higher by maybe half a foot than the surrounding foundation and it was outlined by cinderblock walls. All very irrelevant stuff but I find these places very interesting even when it’s just a possible basement left amongst a demolished hospital
