Eerie images offer a glimpse into an abandoned care home six years after it was shut down.
Mossley Manor Care Home in Mossley Hill was forced to close in 2015 after inspectors uncovered a string of failures.
Disturbing photos taken by Urban Explorer, Matthew Holmes, A.K.A, The Derelict Explorer, show the inside of the rundown and dilapidated building which he describes as ‘intimidating’.
Speaking to the ECHO, The Derelict Explorer, 27, who revealed the building has a ‘definite vibe’, said: “I research as much as I can about a building before I go in so when I walk in a room I have an idea of what the place is about.
“With this care home, there was a lot of research I could do on it because of the newspaper articles.
“The care home definitely has a vibe, not a very nice sense. I could feel it when I walked through from room to room.
“The corridors are very narrow and intimidating and there’s definitely a feeling, which is not a very nice feeling. I describe it as a feeling of being watched.
“As I walked through each room and especially when I came to the main staircase with that beautiful grand staircase window, I kind of felt like there was a million eyes watching me.”
Pictures show damp riddled rooms, ruined sofas, crumbling brickwork and grimy, mould-lined walls.
Another picture shows an old grand piano, once the focal point of an entertainment room, now damaged and covered in dust.
A third shows a red wheelchair, more than likely used to transport elderly residents from room to room, sitting in front of a disused toilet.
A fourth picture shows a small whiteboard, hung up on a wall mounted lampshade, with a message ironically telling residents to enjoy their day.
Dated on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, the message reads: “Enjoy your day everyone”.
Following the closure, Mossley Manor was branded the care home ‘from hell’ with unwell pensioners found to be living in dangerous conditions.
Some residents were left more than a month without a bath or shower and found to be left lying in their own urine.
Emergency powers were used to shut down the £1,000-a-month, 43-room home after inspectors found residents left to lie in their own urine in rooms, dubbed “prison cells” by an upset employee.
Stunned inspectors discovered some staff members with criminal convictions were working unchecked and two millionaire brothers, who owned the home, failed to immediately inform watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) about the deaths of 10 residents.
Sharing his opinion on what it must have been like for residents living in those awful conditions, The Derelict Explorer added: “It wasn’t so much what you saw in the pictures, it was more the layout of the building.
“The corridors are so narrow with low ceilings, so for someone of that generation who needed care and looking after, it wasn’t a massive space that would let loads of light and warmth into it.
“It kind of felt quite claustrophobic. I wouldn’t have liked it if I was in need of that care and assistance.
“It wasn’t a building that said this is the last years of your life and you’re here to enjoy it and we’re here to look after you and make you as comfortable as possible.
“It felt like it was the long slope to your end.”
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