St Edward's Home for Boys - Urban Exploration in Coleshill, Warwickshire - UrbEx

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• Hall & Chapel
• Corridors, stairs & rooms
• Cookery

St Edward's Home for Boys was built in 1904 by a Catholic priest - Father Hudson. It was basically just that - a home for boys - usually given up by their poor parents. He died in 1936 and is buried in the grounds.

Father Hudson also had a home in Canada and many boys were sent there from the Midlands. This finished in 1935, but a few years later many boys were forced to emigrate to Australia instead, ending in 1955. In 1998 a priest who was in charge of the school was jailed - convicted of 18 cases of abusing children between 1957 and 1965 - he was jailed for 7 years. In 2001 he died in jail, a few months after the Pope stripped him of his rights as a priest.

The building has remained empty since 1996 and there are calls to demolish it because of it's chequered history.

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Hall & Chapel

Being a Catholic school, there was a place for religious activities. And being a school, also a school hall...

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Corridors, stairs & rooms

There was a lot of fantastic wooden panelling in various rooms and corridors

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Cookery

There was a large kitchen here - full of retro-looking Aga ovens, huge boiling machines, rows of sinks. Reminded me of home economics lessons...

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