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Sure, this place may have been a permission visit, but boy is it worth it. The final stop on our first day trekking round the country, and a bit of a last minute addition to the list, we must have spent and hour or two in this place, there was so much to see. Made a nice change not looking over our shoulders for secca and nosey neighbours, although for me personally it takes a little bit of the fun out of it :L haha
Anyway, some history on the place to start -
This mansion was one of many in an area of similarly large mansions all owned by German families, this one, built in 1912, belonged to a German family in the petrol business. Most of the rest of the houses were destroyed in British bombings back in the war, somehow this particular house survived.
After the war, the Germans left the residence and it was bought by a Belgian ship builder until the 60s, when it was bought by the government for office space, before being bought by a property developer who has for some reason left it unoccupied for years and let it go to ruin a little. They are however in the process of saving funds for restoration of the place.
It was a little dark inside, and quite hard to shoot, partially due to us slowly losing the light outside, but more due to the fact that every window was gorgeous stained glass.
A little pic heavy, apologies in advance, due to really struggling to whittle them down with the amount of things to see in here, but anyway, some photos -
Anyway, some history on the place to start -
This mansion was one of many in an area of similarly large mansions all owned by German families, this one, built in 1912, belonged to a German family in the petrol business. Most of the rest of the houses were destroyed in British bombings back in the war, somehow this particular house survived.
After the war, the Germans left the residence and it was bought by a Belgian ship builder until the 60s, when it was bought by the government for office space, before being bought by a property developer who has for some reason left it unoccupied for years and let it go to ruin a little. They are however in the process of saving funds for restoration of the place.
It was a little dark inside, and quite hard to shoot, partially due to us slowly losing the light outside, but more due to the fact that every window was gorgeous stained glass.
A little pic heavy, apologies in advance, due to really struggling to whittle them down with the amount of things to see in here, but anyway, some photos -
Taa for looking 
