After finishing at the Morgue, me and Mookie drove to this little hidden gem in the countryside, which I guess could be described as a "Half sized Clockhouse Brickworks"
The Selborne Brickworks was first opened in 1901 and extended later in life to it's current medium size.
Later on; it was bought out by Tower Brick & Tile Co. and the financial climate caused its closure in 2009. As with Clockhouse, when it shut down it did so without notice, so everything was left inside as it was the day it closed. There are still dryers chock full of roofing tiles and bricks in the kilns.
As far as explores go it was the most peaceful chilled out and generally relaxed wander I've had for a long time, helped by the glorious weather.
As we were leaving, we saw a vehicle approaching on site towards us, so we decided to wait to see who it was. It turned out to be the landowner who owned the business when it closed and continues to run the farm next door, which is where those who worked in the brickworks went to continue employment.
He was relieved to see we were only taking photos; we had quite a long chat with him about the site, the buildings they supplied bricks for, and other stuff. He told us of junkies and vandals who frequent the site and have sub-sequentially damaged things he was storing for friends. The Planning Application for the site expires soon, so something will need to be done fairly fast.
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The Selborne Brickworks was first opened in 1901 and extended later in life to it's current medium size.
Later on; it was bought out by Tower Brick & Tile Co. and the financial climate caused its closure in 2009. As with Clockhouse, when it shut down it did so without notice, so everything was left inside as it was the day it closed. There are still dryers chock full of roofing tiles and bricks in the kilns.
As far as explores go it was the most peaceful chilled out and generally relaxed wander I've had for a long time, helped by the glorious weather.
As we were leaving, we saw a vehicle approaching on site towards us, so we decided to wait to see who it was. It turned out to be the landowner who owned the business when it closed and continues to run the farm next door, which is where those who worked in the brickworks went to continue employment.
He was relieved to see we were only taking photos; we had quite a long chat with him about the site, the buildings they supplied bricks for, and other stuff. He told us of junkies and vandals who frequent the site and have sub-sequentially damaged things he was storing for friends. The Planning Application for the site expires soon, so something will need to be done fairly fast.
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More At:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/landie_man/sets/72157654944053608
