Industry
Bourton Mill
Bourton Mill used to process wet foods and turn them into powder such as milk. we took a good look around and even found the machines that dried the goods into a fine powder. you […]
Devon Urbex
Hotels
Palace Hotel Torquay
The Palace Hotel Torquay created in the 1920s from a villa built for the Bishop of Exeter . In 1921 the building is purchased by George Hands who was at the time a Birmingham Industrialist who […]
Night Life
Millennium Nightclub
The Gaumont Palace (Millennium Nightclub) in Union Street, Plymouth, opened in 1931. fluted columns and tiled foyers immediately attract attention whilst inside the auditorium a mighty Compton organ sits at a cost of over £6,000. […]
Night Life
Dance Academy
The Palace Theater (Dance Academy) on Union Street, Plymouth for the Livermore Brothers in 1898 by the architects Wimperis and Arber as a Music Hall and Variety Theater and formed part of a development which […]
Industry
Ottermill Switchgear
Ottermill Switchgear Attempting to revive the local economy, Sir George Yonge and Sir John Duntze, Members of Parliament and joint Lords of the Manor launched a scheme in 1788 to build a new manufactory at […]
Transport
Dartmoor Railway
The Dartmoor Railway is a 15 1⁄2-mile (24.9 km) long railway line in Devon, England. From Crediton, the line parallels the Tarka Line to the site of the former Coleford Junction. Heading west, it then serves Sampford Courtenay, Okehampton and Meldon Quarry. in the past freight trains served the ballast quarry […]
NHS
Aalen House
Aalen House is a small nursing home that is based in Okehampton It was vacated and residents were moved into units in Hatherleigh Entering was pretty straight forward and instantly the smell of decay hits […]
Hotels
Seaton Heights Hotel
Stepping into the Seaton Heights Hotel is like a time warp the interior is very old Much of the hotel has been trash by local youths with nothing better to do The reception seems the […]
Industry
Totnes Dairy
The Brunel buildings (Totnes Dairy) used for various storage purposes including, during the early parts of the 20th century, as a warehouse for Symons Cyder. In 1934 the complex of buildings taken over by Daws […]
MOD
Central Park Air Raid Shelter
Central Park Air Raid Shelter When war broke out in 1939, the character of Central park changed considerably it quickly turns into allotments for growing food, and space set aside air-raid shelters and a prisoner […]