Show on map Continuing the series of lost buildings from Rev. Atkinsons ‘History of Cleveland Ancient and Modern’. Marton Hall was built for ironmaster Henry Bolckow in the 1850s
After falling into disrepair, it remained in Stewart Park until demolition started, during which on the 4th June 1960 it burnt down, a mystery which was only recently solved in 2012
All that remains today is the collonade.
Show on map Another lost building from Rev. Atkinsons ‘History of Cleveland Ancient and Modern’. The 80 room seat of the Newcomen Family was started in 1625.
Sadly the building was demolished in the mid 1950s to make way for a school.
All that remains today is the stable block which was damaged by fire in August 2013
Show on map Another image from Rev. Atkinsons ‘History of Cleveland Ancient and Modern’ that shows a hugely different scene from today in the village of Grosmont, now known for the steam trains. This shows a heavy industrial scene with blast furnaces for producing iron which remained until 1892.
Some pieces of the blast furnaces do still stand in the car-park which I visited back 2010
Show on map Upleatham Hall dated from the 17th century and was worked on over the years by John Carr , Sir Robert Smirke and Ignatius Bonomi. It was the seat of the Earl of Zetland.
In 1897 subsidence due to intentional ironstone mining lead to the house being demolished.
This decorative panel on a nearby building is rather impressive, but apparently not linked to the original hall which was further West.
Show on map Rudland Rook (or maybe Rudland Rock) on the beautifully named Rotten Hill is one of the few boundary stones named on the OS map. Having got to the location theres no stone to be seen just a cairn (unless the stone is buried under the cairn)
A web search for Rudland Rook/Rock turns up very little, so if anyone know anything about it or why its marked on maps I would love to know.
Show on map Between 1866 and 1947 Middlesbrough’s Trophy Cannon stood by the Upper Lake in Albert Park, which became known as ‘Cannon Lake’.
Clare Hindmarsh kindly let me use these photographs of the cannon taken some time between 1929 and 1933.
The cannon finally got back into the park in 2001, but the lake is long gone.
Show on map Last weekend the old shaft headgear was moved away at 50mm per minute before being replaced by a new ready assembled tower.
On Monday 5th of August the old headgear was demolished in a controlled explosion, fortunately one of my friends was there to capture it for the website.
Show on map Middlesbrough Fire Station dates from 1939 and carries the Middlesbrough coat of arms.
It is due to be replaced soon, the facade was considered for listing by English Heritage on two occasions but it was ‘not considered to be of sufficient quality’.
Fortunately the tower will be kept.
Show on map I posted earlier this year about the Wesleyan Chapel
Sadly in April 2013 demolition started
In early May 2013 this was revealed
It would appear to be a passage from Psalm 100
‘Enter into his gates with praise, and into his courts with rejoicing’
Show on map This old ghostsign had stood high and dry for decades on Dundas Street.
Sadly in the last few days its been painted over rather than the owner of the building thinking to preserve it, personally I think it would have been a nice talking point to repaint it.