Larkfields Mansion

Larkfields Mansion


The phrase every explorer fears seeing in their inbox…

“Hi, me and my mates are doing a music video, can you tell me exactly where to go?”

Well, I’m in a band, and the time has come for us to shoot a music video – So I thought it’d be rude not to post some pics of the location.

The Manor is part of an estate which is pretty typical of many Suffolk villages. The owner is currently ill and is currently in a home. His son is ‘looking after’ the property, and gave us permission to shoot the video there.

As an act of courtesy I won’t be giving the exact location, as the owner could move back in imminently.

People have questioned whether this should actually be classed as ‘derelict’ or not...

Dictionary.com defines derelict as:
1. Deserted by an owner or keeper; abandoned.
2. Run-down; dilapidated.

Of which this is both, I didn't want to be overly pessimistic about if the owner will recover enough ever to make it home. But most of the copper flashings have been nicked, and a lot of windows smashed, and it is in a real poor state of repair.



Front Door:


Band in front door:


Living room: The phone book is dated 1993, despite the owner only fairly recently moving out!




Cutest boiler house I’ve ever seen!




The ‘working’ side of the house:


I did climb up the chimney housing as far as the top window:


My amp, and spare shirt set up in the rear garden:


His bed was moved downstairs where he could look out onto his lawn. No idea how the branch got there!


Dining room:


Sitting room: Note the dust on the table on the left.


I’ll Finish with a polar panoramic taken on the lawn. If you look carefully you can see the film crew setting up, the tall black thing is my stack amp: