'St Gabriel's Convent'; it's such an elegant name for a place where historical horrors have taken place.
I confess until I started manipulating these images, and digging into the history, I had it down as 'The White House'. It's white, looks presidential in an apocalyptic world and the roof is accessible.
You could even land a chopper on there at a push.
Built in 1828, the Grade II listed manor house, then known at Knolle Park, later became St Gabriel's Convent and Knolle Park Children's Home.
In 1998 a volunteer worker was jailed for sexually abusing young boys. I dug a little further into this story and discovered it is unclear whether the abuser is still in jail and that one of the victims is awaiting compensation.
It's little wonder 'St Gabriel's Convent' closed a few years later. With this kind of stain, it would be tough to recover any sort of reputation.
We vaulted a 5-foot wall and started creeping through the jungle gardens until we spotted a large white building. It appeared to be full of scaffolding, was it a refurb, was there security?
You can never be too sure as some of these companies host their employees permanently on-site so they can enjoy zero life, drink tea or coffee, frequently abuse their willies and occasionally scare off the likes of us.
We snuck inside 'The White House' via a side entrance.
It looked stripped but lacked any refurbishment work as far as I could see, that was good.
Walking down the corridor I couldn’t help but notice the wallpaper.
...had many desperate nails scratched this paper and left blood trails everywhere?...
Likely not, and my morbid imagination was working on overdrive once again.
It was good to see some greenery was moving in, it makes for a decent snap at times.
You would have to stamp very hard to break these floor tiles, isn’t there easier things to vandalise?
I spotted some helpful graffiti, one of part of a series. Going in there to check the 'heaviness', erm… no.
Why not follow the signs; I needed to see everything in any case.
Someone does have a sense of humour (or little brains).
The ending was a little disappointing.
Some of the doors looked quite new. They must have done some refurbishment work just before the closure.
Down in the cellar where the wine used to be kept for the lords; dark, stinky, and cold.
I am sure that’s not an official exit point but I used it anyway.
It could have been another entrance point once if a little tricky to access. There were plenty of other, easier holes at 'St Gabriel's Convent'.
The manor house was winding and like a rabbit warren. We found doors, corridors, and secret stairways everywhere.
After finding little other than pure derpyness, I figured it had been left a little too long to contain anything else.
It was extremely solid, with no chance of falling through these stairs and even sporting Wilton carpets.. if not quite with todays fashion.
Large rooms and elegant fireplaces; this is what I love about old architecture, the attention to detail that is missing in today's world.
Feel free to call ‘The Rapist’ or ‘Fat Sam’, both numbers are freely available.
It would have been too much to expect the banister to be intact.
The upper floors were full of emptiness apart from a little graffiti and the odd Twitter handle.
This staircase looks slightly renovated. I was hoping there would be none inside.
There was plenty outside, but the scaffolding refurbishments even looked abandoned.
There's no banister to stop you from falling anymore, it would have been majestic once.
The only life in here now is these annoying pigeons who repeatedly scare the fuck out of you when moving from room to room.
Like any great manor house from the early 19th century, you can exit the window to sneer down on the lowly peasants anytime you like.
The same spot from another angle, look at those pillars. I wonder if anyone has ever jumped?
The top floor appeared to be full of sheep wool, the walls confirmed my suspicions but in reality, the roof insulation had fallen through.
Exiting onto the roof was simple. Presidents need to escape by helicopter don't they during sieges?
We didn't particularly want to advertise ourselves too much up there, blue flashing lights and cops were not on our agenda.
After taking a couple more shots of that fantastic ceiling we headed outside confident that if there was any security, they were long gone.
We spotted some hopeful kids approaching the building who momentarily froze when spotting us.
...this seems to happen a lot, do we look like fucking security officers or something?...
Maybe they were more brazen than the usual suspects, but they didn't run and simply carried on heading to the house after a short pause. That's scouser kids for you, they don't give a shit.
I read that ‘St Gabriel’s Convent’ was sold for £6,000,00 in 2017. Whoever has bought this once magnificent manor house needs their fucking arse kicked.
Structurally it has survived quite well inside. I saw no huge pools of water, the roof appears OK, and the stairs are not collapsing either.
It has a decent amount of land surrounding it and could house one of those overpaid Liverpool Football players if fully renovated.
After all… it’s a stroll to Anfield from here.
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Architecture, detail to internal design is epic what a pity no one has bothered to bring back to former glory.
Now sheep on the top floor a bit confusing to say the least...?
Hope that pedophile is still under lock and key, should never see the light of day again!
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There was little left but I could see it was great once. Those lords of 1830 had it good..
Most the towns folk toiled in gardens or in mansions. Only highly recommended architects employed normally from London Town, actual work still by local stone masons.
Living through these times leaves ones head spinning, still spinning with immense wealth still found, yup we the plebs.... Plenty to be proud of seeing what our forefathers were able to attain in grandeur, in hindsight for the hierarchy.
I bet that ceiling would have been something back in the day.
Hahahaha, you are getting funnier!!
Those security dudes generally look bored out of their skulls, on the odd occasion we meet. No porn mags needed anymore, just pornhub and some wrist action heh..
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That's quite a place. Would cost a fortune to do up, but maybe someone has plans for it. No ghosts of nuns then?
I have zero after-world sense, a formal qualification needed for UX.. so in a word.., no!
All of this really feels like an episode of SVU. The weird arrow signs, the rapist's signature on the wall, etc. That yellow door in one of the first pictures is kind of a piece of rustic art. If it was placed in pretty surroundings, I'm sure it would be lovely. Speaking of lovely, how nice in your part of the world ivy is the mischievous plant that moves in and takes over. Here it would be some scrappy looking plant that always looks very inelegant to a person that grew up reading things like The Secret Garden. Sort of funny though how graffiti looks pretty much the same no matter where you go.
Sad to see all those fine details crumble away. Maybe someone will come in and rub fresh paint over all the bad vibes of the building's previous misdeeds.
Ivy get's everywhere here, even on the walls at my place. I had to cut it down.., it digs into your stonework and manages to get through glass.
Wow, it is so much more devious than it looks.
Ivy looks good, but wrecks things!
That ceiling and fireplace are stunning. What a cool exploration @slobberchops 😎
Fun to follow some signs hahaha 🤣
Very cool you could go all the way to the roof, yes, let’s not stay to long there.
Thanks for sharing. Great captures 😊
Have an awesome Sunday!
I am generally no good with heights and keep away from rooftops, this one seemed a little safer than usual.
Me neither hahaha, but sometimes it is worth it checking out 😉😎
What an epic find, I've always wanted to do some unrban exploration, abandon building exploration, you got me thinking now LOL. Awesome content!
It's good fun, give it a go.. preferably not alone.
Maybe something to make Halloween a bit creepier lol
Damn, I’d want to fix it up, or do you think that crime can invade architecture? Is there something in the spooky house scenario? Or is it only humans in their physical form who can do actual damage?
I’ve always found the living far more scary than the dead or departed🙃🙃🙃
I haven't met any ghosts yet, still hoping one day.. 250 explores in.
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Right now, after seeing all the pictures, the owner who bought the old mansion for 6000L needs to do a lot of repairs.
They have some free scaffolding to start.
I was a crazy drooling lunatic with eyes popping out each time seeing the pictures, they kind of warmed my heart in another aspect...hehe...now I feel the need to call The Rapist or Fat Sam to know how their days were there, hehe.. Thanks for dropping off this gorgeous item (pictures) to feast the eyes...
You could always call one, or the other. The details are all to see!
Hehe... Let's see where that takes us🤪🤪.
Looks like a cracking place to explore - and that domed ceiling area must have looked stunning. £6M though - must have been blind and stupid !
The domed ceiling was the highlight of a generally empty large mansion. Some better decay would have been nice!
I was anticipating you might meet a version of "Valak"😆. Would you visit that building at night?🤔
No! I never explore during night hours, you can’t see anything
Much respect! This place looks like its gonna crumble! Glad u made it out safe! Great work!
I have been in a lot worse, it was relatively safe in this one
Maybe you'll find our you're possessed after some time. Either way, great photos , love them, and I bet it was exciting to be there. Even tho I'd be way more afraid to wander around in abandoned place. Liked your post 👍
They all give you a buzz just for getting in. If there’s something interesting inside or great eye candy then it’s a bonus
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I can't believe how empty it is... Has to be one of the barest places you've been in?
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