The Seminary
The foundation stone of this magnificent building was laid on the 18th April 1880. The College received its first students on the 22 September 1883 and 2 years later in 1885 the first body of students were raised to priest hood within its walls. 
The college closed down in 1987 after over 100 years of serving the northern diocese of England. Most of the items that were in the Seminary’s museum have been donated to the local council.
After the deconsicration of the college it was purchased by a company called Anglo International who pressed for the grade II listed college to be turned into 
an exclusive hotel with a 27 hole golf course with driving range. This was refused by the local council but a further application was accepted and now the seminary will be turned into 92 apartments with 131 parking spaces a security lodge will also be built at the roadside entrance. The development company are also hoping to build up to 220 new build units in the grounds.
Some people of note who attended the college include Kenny Everet, Tom O’Connor and Johnny Vegas!
After receiving an email from someone local to the area (thank you) I decided to pay the seminary a visit, with the help of BenWRX and Spook and with my partner in exploration DocD and to say it is amazing is an 
understatement.
The dormitories in the ceiling rooms were small and cramped and I can only assume were for the newer students, religious icons were everywhere and in one dorm there was Joseph at one end and Mary at the other.
There are 2 external chapel in the seminary which due to security measures we were not able to see but there also appears to be 2 internal chapels one with a confessional booth.
The towers and loft areas were some unusual finds, one tower holds an observatory, the telescope has long since gone but the dome remains, in another hard to access part of the roof space was a taxidermists 
workshop which I imagine was a priests hobby. There were all sorts of animals including a peacock in a glass case and a rather strange looking Red Squirrel!
Venturing downstairs we came across lager bedrooms for the priests and obviously by this stage they got to pick their own room colours………. Some had VERY bad taste one was lime green and light brown!
Finally we saw the huge study hall, library and private quarters where the staff lived one of which even had its own private altar. The library still contained
books which although fantastically ornate and written in script Latin had been left to rot, the library also had the most wobbly spiral staircase I have ever been on…. A bit scary to say the least.
It is good that this brilliant building will be saved in some form but I hope that the conversion is sympathetic as it would be a shame to loose some of the architectural features within.