[INTRO MUSIC]
An estate had existed here since 1420 [correction: 1920] under the name of Silverland
But this is the only building that remains
The Actors' Orphanage was set up in Croydon
in 1896 by Kitty Carson.
Its aim was to educate and look after destitute children of actors and actresses.
The children of the orphanage were evacuated to New York in 1940
because of World War II.
However, during this time
a nursing school was established to train nurses for nearby hospitals.
The children did return in 1945 after the surrender of the Germans.
Right, today we're in Chertsey, Surrey to explore the abandoned Silverlands Manor
also known as the Actors' Orphanage
During their time at the orphanage, the children were split up into groups of about five or six
Each group had a room to themselves with a cubicle and furnishing
and they each had their own sitting and dining area.
And it wouldn't be the same...
without your abandoned toilet.
Why do spiders do that?
They live
AUH
[ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT ASBESTOS]
Sick, look at this thing
We're gonna go downstairs to the basement and work our way up
There's power going into this place
Look
Don't touch anything
Oh my ghad
Look at it
No, I don't wanna try that
We're not gonna try
Very shtupid idea
There's no power getting to this bit
[Door creaking]
Let's go
Masks? Masks.
Today we've come across a lot of mould
any my companions have finally
said that we can put
these on.
Masks.
It's better for our health.
As you can see, there's a lot of mould.
The smell is unbearable
Mould... cordyceps
Here, you can see the boiler room
It all looks pretty...................???
You're not wearing yours properly, man
[Snigger]
[Other Guy] Smells like the dentist
Right; we've just explore the whole of the downstairs of the main building
Now we're gonna explore the first floor of the main building
and make our way up.
Place is a little maze
Unfortunately, in 1958 the orphanage had to close due to repair costs
and the children were scattered all over the country in different homes
and the whole manor was abandoned in 1990 when the nursing school closed.
That's horrific
At the moment, the mansion stands abandoned in the middle of Surrey
the most recent plans for it were in the late nineties
when the government announced plans to turn it into
a clinic for paedophiles and sex offenders.
But because of its close proximity of [sic] several schools in the area
it caused huge outrage
leading for [sic] the government to abandon these plans
in 2002.
It's only recently died
It's not completely dead is it? (It is)
Well it's definitely dead
That died
Oh my God
Gave birth, lived for a bit
Then died
Smell of death
Jesus
S1
Take a look at the cobwebs on that window
To the loft
This must be
you know the tower we saw when we was coming in
Yeah
This is obviously the top of it
Stay low
-Yeah will do
That's where we came from
Students' common room
We do know that the actor's orphanage uh
educated all the orphans here, so
our best guess is that this is one of the rooms
or this is the area that they were taught
What'dya know, another toilet
Oh, what's this?
All these back here must've been where they were educated then
'Cause that's definitely like a school toilet
and that's definitely like a classroom
During the war;
this was used as a nursing home
to train doctors and nurses for the nearby hospitals
so we're guessing this bit,
because of this cardiac arrest...
...whatever it is
plaque?
Guess it's a chart isn't it
-chart
Because of this, we're guessing this must've been where they trained all the nurses and doctors
That's basically the majority of the Silverlands Manor
Sorry we can't show you all of the grounds or anything
but they're relatively easy to see from afar
So yeah, that concludes our exploration
of the manor
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