Derelict Britain: Abandoned funfair, empty Victorian baths and disused asylum are among series of rotting buildings captured by photographer in all their decaying grandeur
- Simon Sugden, from Bradford in West Yorkshire, has visited dozens of abandoned sites over the past decade
- He photographed derelict mills, empty old peoples' homes and disused breweries for the eerie snapshots
- In one chilling image, a body fridge and trolley are seen inside the empty Newsham Park Hospital in Liverpool
A photographer has travelled across Britain to capture derelict buildings in all their decaying grandeur for a series of eerie 'time capsule' images.
Simon Sugden, from Bradford in West Yorkshire, has visited more than 70 abandoned sites over the past decade to photograph former asylums, empty Victorian baths and disused country homes - many of which were left untouched for years.
The images, featured in Derelict Britain: Beauty in Decay, include several chilling photographs of an abandoned hospital in Lancashire, in which the figure of Christ is seen hanging over a mortuary slab where dead flowers are laid.
In another foreboding photograph, a body fridge and trolley are seen inside the Newsham Park Hospital in Liverpool - an asylum which has been empty since 1997.
Mr Sugden also captured snapshots of derelict mills, old peoples' homes and disused breweries, where he found tins of food still inside cupboards and old clothes tucked away in drawers.
The former chef, 53, said: 'I think there is real beauty in capturing buildings in this way, although at times it can be quite sad to see the peeling paint and curtains hanging off the wall.
'Some places appear to have just been sealed and locked up and it was a time capsule inside, with food still in the cupboards and clothes hung up.'
Photographer Simon Sugden, 53, has travelled to more than 70 derelict sites across Britain over the past decade to capture 'time capsule' images of abandoned locations. Among them is Birmingham's Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath, which opened in 1907 and served the community for over a century. The baths remain open in part, but Mr Sugden was able to photograph a pool which has been empty for years
The former chef also visited the mortuary of a disused hospital in Lancashire, where the figure of Christ was seen hanging over a mortuary slab where dead flowers are laid
In another image, Mr Sugden captured the interior of an abandoned medical room inside a nunnery in North Wales. A table is seen standing at the centre of the room below a light as shards of glass litter the ground from broken windows
He also photographed the staircase inside the Pool Parc Asylum near Ruthin in Wales. The Grade-II listed manor house, which features gothic-inspired architecture and is surrounded by dense woodland, is said to be one of the most haunted houses in Wales
A old bed is seen still with sheets on top inside a manor house in North Yorkshire. Mr Sugden explained that within some of the sites he visited, he found tins of food still in cupboards and clothes tucked away inside drawers
Dodgems are seen sat inside a fairground at Shipley Glen, West Yorkshire more than 15 years after the Edwardian attraction closed for good. The pleasure ground, next to Shipley Glen Tramway, had opened between March and September for decades before the closure. Other attractions had included the historic aerial glide - which dated back to the 1930s - which was pulled down in 2004 after English Heritage revoked its protected status
Mr Sugden also travelled to an abandoned farmhouse in Snowdonia, where portraits and oil lamps still remained on the mantlepiece in a 'time capsule' after the property was left empty
He also captured the interior of a derelict mill in West Yorkshire, with grand columns marking a walkway to the left and right of which employees would have worked. A solitary chair is seen in the centre of the eerie image
In another foreboding photograph, a body fridge and trolley are seen inside the Newsham Park Hospital in Liverpool - an asylum which has been empty since 1997. It was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1874 before closing down in the late 1990s, remaining abandoned since
Mr Sugden also gained access to the former Odeon cinema in Bradford, where he snapped images of its main foyer and staircase. The cinema was the third largest in Britain when it opened in 1930. It closed in 2000. A project is currently underway to redevelop the site
An abandoned storeroom is seen inside a disused tool factory in Sheffield. Lengths of plywood are seen littering the ground at the empty site with newly exposed redbrick captured on the right
The disused boardroom of the Drummond Mill in Bradford, which Mr Sugden said was 'like stepping back in time'. The industrial complex originally contained a spinning mill, a warehouse, a spinning shed, and an engine house with chimney but was largely destroyed by a fire in January 2016. The factory had been opened by James Drummond & Son in 1886
Mr Sugden also snapped the Art Deco styling inside an old bank in Manchester, where marble wall features and columns can be seen alongside stunning ceiling decoration
Another image captures a chilling hallway inside an abandoned mental health hospital in Lancashire. Here, water can be seen flooding the ground with wallpaper and paint peeling from the walls and ceiling
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