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Woburn House – Dog Training Kennels

These dog kennels were located on the grounds of Woburn House and used by the Northern Ireland Prison Service to train dogs for use within the justice system in Northern Ireland.

GovernmentNorthern Ireland

Woburn House – Training Workshops

These training workshops were used to allow the juveniles who attended Woburn House to develop skills to enable employment on their release.

GovernmentNorthern Ireland

Woburn House

Woburn House is a B2 listed grand mansion located on the grounds of Lisnevin Training School.

An Italianate property that was once the private summer mansion for John Gilmore Dunbar, a wealthy mill owner who passed it down to multiple generations of his family.

Used as a convalescent home during WWII, Woburn house went on to be an open borstal before being taken over by the Police Service of Northern Ireland for training and office purposes.

Residential ∕ Northern Ireland

Ardavon House

Ardavon House was once a grand Victorian mansion, nestled among mature woodland and just a short walk from the coast of the Belfast Lough.

Posted September 9, 2021

Industrial ∕ Northern Ireland

Gilford Mill

Gilford Mill is an abandoned linen mill. The 20 acre site was previously owned by the Dunbar family.

Posted August 29, 2021

Religion ∕ Northern Ireland

The Abandoned Mother & Baby Home

Marianvale was one of twelve former Mother and Baby Homes that operated in Northern Ireland over the past century.

Posted August 22, 2021

Education ∕ Northern Ireland

Brookfield Agricultural School

An abandoned agricultural school, located on the outskirts of a village in Northern Ireland. It opened in 1836 as a Quaker School for children who had been disowned from the Quaker society.

Posted August 15, 2021

Residential ∕ Northern Ireland

The Twaddell Home

This derelict home was located along the picturesque coast of Northern Ireland. It was in an area of outstanding beauty and would have made the most perfect home at one point in time.

Posted August 8, 2021

Government ∕ Northern Ireland

The Children’s Home

This abandoned children’s home is nestled among the trees and backing onto a picturesque river. Before it was turned into a children’s home, it had quite a rich history.

Posted August 3, 2021

Leisure ∕ Northern Ireland

Warren House

A Victorian-style holiday home operated by the Orange Order for boys of the Junior Orange Association of Ireland.

Posted July 20, 2021

Leisure ∕ Northern Ireland

The Abandoned Caravan Campsite

An abandoned caravan campsite located beside a forest park with easy access to a nearby mountain range in Northern Ireland.

Posted July 11, 2021

Residential ∕ Northern Ireland

The Green Residence

A Labourer’s style house built around the early 1900s in rural Northern Ireland.

Posted July 8, 2021

Industrial ∕ Northern Ireland

The Chlorine Plant

The Chlorine Plant is a now defunct water treatment plant that cleaned and processed potable water for 2 nearby towns with a combined population of 60,000 people.

Posted July 5, 2021