Automatic Telephone (Old electrics for Owain and JGH)

Ah, I must have been working for the council at the time ;)

Owain

Visited somewhere last week where they had done the first fix for the non-electric version. Job never got finished.

This photo (not mine) shows a typical installation.

Indeed so. A fascinating place to visit - I hadn't previously seen a building of that period where all the constructional details were still visible.

Chris

I can't help but feel that that looks like something halfway through a refurbishment rather than having been left unfinished. Surely, they would put the floors in before fitting the fireplace rather than try to install a fireplace halfway up a will and then put a floor in afterwards.

If it had been abandoned I would expect it to be rather overgrown by now.

Not quite as grand.

I found that after I had posted so does indeed look genuine. Still think they would have build the floors though and they have rotted over time. Not least because there appear to be holes for beams which would be a bit difficult to add later. But I am quite willing to be proved wrong.

It looks an interesting place and might be worth a visit next time I am over in that direction.

They seem to be pretty clear about how far the job went. The ceilings for the lower floors are in any case stone vaults, only one of which was completed, with supports points for the rest in place. In places the original wooden scaffold ladders and form work remain. Externally there are stones missing where the putlog holes were.

Certainly is. Quite restricted opening hours though.

Chris

Nice bit of telephone pr0n here:

JGH