Bleak by pat40
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Description
Bleak House was built to house the site manager of the Rattlebrook Peat Works. As the name implies this is a miserable place in bad weather. On a sunny day it is delightful. It lies on the side of Amicombe Hill with the remains of the peat works and other older tin works nearby. The Rattlebrook peat works tried to make a go of things in the early 1900's but finally packed up in 1930. It was an ambitious venture with serious money spent since a railway was constructed from Bridestowe Station all the way up the moor to the peat workings. But as the saying goes "scratch Dartmoor and it will break your back". The business failed.
Comments (20)
As you say it looks so lovely in the sun! I do enjoy all the places you show us!
very beautiful place and view !!
Great shot Pat and interesting info, not a place for me to live though.
So many ambitious plans! but this failure gives you another winner of a pic...thank you Pat.
Interesting info and a superb capture of this site !
wonderful capture of this beautiful place
i love simple shots like this that tell the viewer so much. thank you for the post
An awesome piece of history that so few get to see- thanks for sharing! :-)
history is wonderful and a shot of it is good too
Wonderful shot Pat! Dartmoor is such a wonderful, beautiful - adjectives ahoy - place!! Martin
Great capture - not quite the fixerupper they claim it to be..probably no Internet either....
Awesome photo with great detail and light!
Sehr interessant.
Zooming is a must, as Rendo makes it look quite out of focus above....which it isn't.
I like the historical narrative you give with this. Hard to believe it is in that state of decay for a place that was built of stone. Nice shot to remind us of the impermanence of us.
Ah...the best laid plans always look so wonderfully moody and impressive when they fail, crumble, and are left to decay. I suspect that's the ultimate story behind any photo like this, and it's quite evocative with or without the description. This is really marvelous work and I love the ancient look of this site. Great work.
A wonderful shot in this bleak place, dear Pat. Excellent work. Hugs. Di. xx
Excellent capture.
you have captured desolation to a tee with this excellent composition
Sad to see these old structures in ruins but a wonderful capture on your part Pat. Dana