Nettleham Hall, Nettleham, Lincolnshire.

 Nettleham Hall was gutted by fire in 1937, set in an area of dense woodland the old hall is smothered in ivy and surrounded by trees that not only grow up alongside the stone brickwork but also now take residence within the walls of the old lady.

 At the rear of the hall stands the windowless red brick building that judging by the arched doorway, this would have housed a cart or maybe a vintage sports car.

 The worrying state of the building can clearly be seen here as brickwork has given way above the ground floor doorway and beneath the upstairs doorway. Many doorways that previously held up the above masonry with timber lintels are now still standing on excellent craftsmanship and good fortune.

 Is this to the cellars? I doubt that any wine survived the blaze.

 The main doorway shows beautiful pillars welcoming visitors, just beyond stand security fences that give a hint as to the owners belief on how dangerous the structure is.

 This picture shows just how beautiful the architecture is, even in its stripped down state you can still see just how elegant Nettleham Hall was.

 Trees dominate the hall, where floorboards once flowed only dirt now remains.

 Again the wonderful archways show the hall's former glory, why would it just be left to fall down?

 A yellow door in the porch of the hall, is this a remnant of the interior or something that was brought there?

 Hallways are very abundant in an old hall, the larger the house the more of them there are. This picture gives a fascinating insight into the flow of the building, where the floors were, the upstairs layout.

 I can only imagine the elegance of this room, the marble fire surround with a grate of burning logs warming the room from the bitter cold winter winds that blew across the large expanse of flat countryside.

 The gates, every large hall should have them. The entrance gates with piers come from the demolished church of St Peter-at-Arches, Lincoln. This was designed by Francis or William Smith, c.1720-4 who presumably also designed this ironwork.

 Another shot of the upstairs, a beautiful arch taking you through to the hallway outside.

And the stunning front facing stone bay windows.

Grimsby Docks.

Gordon Jackson described the development of Grimsby’s port in the 1840s and 1850s as representing the ‘first truly modern dock in Britain', built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway company it was created to combat to the silting up of the River Humber on which the town of Grimsby sits on the banks of. Skippers of ships sailing to Hull complained of the poor condition of the river and so with the construction of a new dock at Grimsby, it not only solved the problem of the river but also put the small town of Grimsby on the map.
Nowadays the dock is a sad shadow of its former self, crumbling buildings, concrete floors where once a building stood and slowly creeping in is the dark spectre of modernity.

 Anyone remember Atonement with Keira Knightley and James McAvoy? Here's a 'ghost sign' from the film, a souvenir of when Hollywood came to Grimsby.

 As mundane as this telegraph pole may seem it stands tall and proud, having witnessed the nearby Royal Dock hotel fall to the 'white elephant' that is the Cleethorpe Road flyover and solemnly stand by as the docks themselves fall into decay.

 A statue tall and grand can be seen from the aforementioned flyover, having been moved from the more luxurious setting of the Prince Albert Gardens to stand before the grand Dock Offices.

 Another apparent mundane piece of hardware, this (it is believed) is a gate post that stood beside the Cleethorpe Road crossing before the overhead flyover was built. Why it was left behind, maybe to serve as a special reminder of the old layout.