East Tilbury Battery
Situated just half a mile away from Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury Battery, was constructed from 1887-93 and supplemented Coalhouse Fort as part of the Thames’ …
Cefn Coed Hospital
Cfen Coed Hospital, in Swansea, is one of few original asylum buildings to still be in use today. It was also one of the last …
Lower Hope Battery
This battery is perhaps one of Cliffe’s least well-recognised pieces of ruined defence heritage. The initial Lower Hope Battery was built to defend the Thames …
Photographing Scotland’s Disused Hospitals With 35mm Film
We recently embarked on a roadtrip across Scotland, focused on abandoned asylums and other hospitals. We photographed a total of eight, six of those being …
Salt Lane Air Raid Shelters
Along Salt Lane in Cliffe lies an overgrown pair of air raid shelter tunnels installed to protect industrial workers of the Alpha cement works in …
Heatherwood Hospital
Heatherwood Hospital, in Ascot, has been in use for over a century. Construction started in early 1920’s for a hospital to care for the children …
Headley Court DMRC
Headley Court Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) was once one of the leading rehab centres in the UK. The 58-bed facility helped injured servicemen and …
St. Mary’s Church, Mundon
St. Mary’s Church in the tiny village of Mundon in Essex is a strikingly unusual and old-looking building. It’s timber-framed construction sets it apart as …
Belsize Park Deep Shelter
As bombings intensified during the Second World War the Government embarked on a programme of constructing deep level air raid shelters beneath the streets of …
Excalibur Estate
Following intense bombing during the Second World War, Londoners were in need of new homes – and fast. The solution adopted by the Government was …