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Old 10th October 2016, 20:41   #11
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I totally agree, its absolutely fascinating, luv these sort of photos. My father does the same thing, he is obsessed with history, old buildings and ruins.

Superb photos Andy.
Me too, love looking round old ruins.
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I live about 10 miles from Nocton and thought the Hall was still a functioning Residential Home!
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I thought I would set up a thread where I can share my urban exploration pics, a short description of the place and history will appear prior to the pics.
Andy, I have to show you something near me when you happen to be around here!
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I live about 10 miles from Nocton and thought the Hall was still a functioning Residential Home!
One part is Dave, it's next door to the ruins
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Stunning, well taken pictures Andy and very interesting. Thanks for sharing
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One part is Dave, it's next door to the ruins
Don't think I'd fancy living there then!

Having said that, in that way it's a bit like the site of the old Rauceby Hospital. Most of it has gone now, and there's a brand new housing estate (well, a new village really) surrounding it. So you have nice new houses looking out over a hulking ruin of a place, and it's likely to stay this way for years, as the plans to convert it seem to be put on hold, but it doesn't get demolished either (possibly listed?). There's very posh houses literally yards from it....

And of course, just down the road in Sleaford we have Bass Maltings. These have been ripe for regeneration for decades, but any new plans seem to just sit there, and in the meantime, the place gets more and more decayed. One day it'll just fall down, so surely better to convert it into houses/apartments/shops or the like while they still can?
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Don't think I'd fancy living there then!



Having said that, in that way it's a bit like the site of the old Rauceby Hospital. Most of it has gone now, and there's a brand new housing estate (well, a new village really) surrounding it. So you have nice new houses looking out over a hulking ruin of a place, and it's likely to stay this way for years, as the plans to convert it seem to be put on hold, but it doesn't get demolished either (possibly listed?). There's very posh houses literally yards from it....



And of course, just down the road in Sleaford we have Bass Maltings. These have been ripe for regeneration for decades, but any new plans seem to just sit there, and in the meantime, the place gets more and more decayed. One day it'll just fall down, so surely better to convert it into houses/apartments/shops or the like while they still can?


Bass maltings has been on my to do list for a while now 😀
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Bass maltings has been on my to do list for a while now 😀
Some great photos on 28 Days Later!
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Some great photos on 28 Days Later!
Yep, I happen to frequent there too
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Default RAF Hospital - Nocton Hall

Next door to the hall at Nocton lies a disused RAF hospital, this place is huge (Have a look on google maps)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hospital_Nocton_Hall

We didn't have much time here and only saw about half of the place.

















































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