Institute for the Adult Deaf and Dumb
Before closing in 2007, this building hosted the Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society from after 1886-87 when it was constructed. This society was established by a deaf man George Healey to help deaf people have equal access to Scriptures. Fast forward to 1987/8 where the society moved on from this location and the property was taken over by a Nigerian society called the IGBO. It later closed as previously mentioned leaving it to decay. The IGBO had bought the building for £50,000 and it has been estimated to cost £2-£3 million to save it.
Media:
It's sad to see there is more collapse here than previous takes on the site.
It took us a while to find the working stair case up to the chapel but when we did we weren't disappointed.
I sadly didn't have a tripod at the time so this roof shot wasn't the best it could have been...
For anyone that is interested, I will have a YouTube video up on this site soon going over the history a bit more and some extra footage of a run in to someone inside.
We still can't quite work out what ties he had to the building. Anyways, I'll edit the report once it is uploaded.
Thanks for reading!
Before closing in 2007, this building hosted the Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society from after 1886-87 when it was constructed. This society was established by a deaf man George Healey to help deaf people have equal access to Scriptures. Fast forward to 1987/8 where the society moved on from this location and the property was taken over by a Nigerian society called the IGBO. It later closed as previously mentioned leaving it to decay. The IGBO had bought the building for £50,000 and it has been estimated to cost £2-£3 million to save it.
Media:
It's sad to see there is more collapse here than previous takes on the site.
It took us a while to find the working stair case up to the chapel but when we did we weren't disappointed.
I sadly didn't have a tripod at the time so this roof shot wasn't the best it could have been...
For anyone that is interested, I will have a YouTube video up on this site soon going over the history a bit more and some extra footage of a run in to someone inside.
We still can't quite work out what ties he had to the building. Anyways, I'll edit the report once it is uploaded.
Thanks for reading!
