Bath Academy in Corsham was closed down in
1986,
the buildings stood until '96 before it was turned into a housing development as
can be seen today. For these 10 years, it went through total disrepair, open to
the weather and left crumbling and dilapidated as vandals destroyed what was
accessible. You could easily 'get into' Beechfield House and check out the
broken staircases and windows, holed ceilings, ripped off shutters, litter and
debris from years of vandalism and neglect. What a waste of such a gracious building, I thought at the time. Fortunately, these buildings were
built to succeed it's many tenants over the years,
and Beechfield House has been superbly restored into individual flats for those
who have the insight (and the money), to want to live in such a beautiful
Georgian building. |