Most of you know what and where this is in sunderland and its rich history, and probably its high gloss'd 80's downfall too, but from the last year that I've known this site it's gone from a pristine 80's themed explore thats holds charms in every room to a piked out destruct-O-fest in a very short space of time.
The site has been stood empty for best part of 15-20yrs, the power still on some circuits, and has its own special form of security in the form of the dodgiest house, and occupants, you've ever known (it has metal bars on the windows and doors for a reason you know ).
Onwards with the pictures, I'll start with some of the usual stuff, a few externals (not so intersting really from outside, its 1930's/50's brick I think), then go thru some of its little gems (well not all of them, theres loads of things to look at and ratch thru in there, well there was), then some blatent destruction in the name of copper and metals
There are a lot of photos, but I'm trying to capture whats there before it all gets ripped to hell, a lot of stuff has already gone, printers, telex machines (by the 10's!!), computers that are rusted solid etc etc, not to mention the theft of over 20 large cast iron decorated (very nice ones) radiators
frontage, inc circa1986 blackened glass atrium, complete with plastic plants and slate faced walls, sooo 80's, but moist!
the rear, not a great shot, but shows it, pallion engineering behind me, and the slightly seperate doxford engines were pushed into the more modern drawing offices (AFAIK, please correct if wrong, as there are 3 buildings and as you can expect history is a little hazy here).
ripped from a different album, this looking west along the river wear, you can just about make out the offices in the back left, brick building with a silver band around it. the (then) dormant dry dock of pallion shipping to the left under the bridge, it currently houses the (I fear, being chopped up as we speak) manxman, a steam ferry operating out of fleet and douglas
pallion engineering rear, window was ripped of by pikies between a visit I did with well wasp and a mate of mine not 2days later, some things had moved inside but I presumed clumsy expolorers, then within a week of that date, pikies had stripped the place out
a mini kitchen/bait room in the 3rd building, really nice cosy atomsphere in here! used to have a huge barrled ceiling made of glass on the south facing side to allow plenty of light into the drawing rooms (once set with tiled floors & cast iron uprights etc). to the right of this kitchen unit is a tiny little area with 2 or 3 tables in it and soem benchs, would have been a right laugh in there when working.
butterfly didn't make it
3rd buildings corridoor, behind me is the door that leads to the stairwell of the dodgy peoples house.
mmmm rotton stuff
upstairs 3rd building, loads of (empty) boxs full of stuff probably used to 'pay' for items mostly stolen likely.
vintage fire alarm glass
well wasp does his thing
funky wrought iron staircases, same at both ends
dumped phones from a previous era, well more than just the phones! the whole system is in there!!
basement of 3rd building, found this fantastic archive of ship building + engine design drawings, sadly all empty, although I think dweeb might have found a few on his visit a few months before??
The site has been stood empty for best part of 15-20yrs, the power still on some circuits, and has its own special form of security in the form of the dodgiest house, and occupants, you've ever known (it has metal bars on the windows and doors for a reason you know ).
Onwards with the pictures, I'll start with some of the usual stuff, a few externals (not so intersting really from outside, its 1930's/50's brick I think), then go thru some of its little gems (well not all of them, theres loads of things to look at and ratch thru in there, well there was), then some blatent destruction in the name of copper and metals
There are a lot of photos, but I'm trying to capture whats there before it all gets ripped to hell, a lot of stuff has already gone, printers, telex machines (by the 10's!!), computers that are rusted solid etc etc, not to mention the theft of over 20 large cast iron decorated (very nice ones) radiators
frontage, inc circa1986 blackened glass atrium, complete with plastic plants and slate faced walls, sooo 80's, but moist!
the rear, not a great shot, but shows it, pallion engineering behind me, and the slightly seperate doxford engines were pushed into the more modern drawing offices (AFAIK, please correct if wrong, as there are 3 buildings and as you can expect history is a little hazy here).
ripped from a different album, this looking west along the river wear, you can just about make out the offices in the back left, brick building with a silver band around it. the (then) dormant dry dock of pallion shipping to the left under the bridge, it currently houses the (I fear, being chopped up as we speak) manxman, a steam ferry operating out of fleet and douglas
pallion engineering rear, window was ripped of by pikies between a visit I did with well wasp and a mate of mine not 2days later, some things had moved inside but I presumed clumsy expolorers, then within a week of that date, pikies had stripped the place out
a mini kitchen/bait room in the 3rd building, really nice cosy atomsphere in here! used to have a huge barrled ceiling made of glass on the south facing side to allow plenty of light into the drawing rooms (once set with tiled floors & cast iron uprights etc). to the right of this kitchen unit is a tiny little area with 2 or 3 tables in it and soem benchs, would have been a right laugh in there when working.
butterfly didn't make it
3rd buildings corridoor, behind me is the door that leads to the stairwell of the dodgy peoples house.
mmmm rotton stuff
upstairs 3rd building, loads of (empty) boxs full of stuff probably used to 'pay' for items mostly stolen likely.
vintage fire alarm glass
well wasp does his thing
funky wrought iron staircases, same at both ends
dumped phones from a previous era, well more than just the phones! the whole system is in there!!
basement of 3rd building, found this fantastic archive of ship building + engine design drawings, sadly all empty, although I think dweeb might have found a few on his visit a few months before??
