A former convent and children's home that was devastated by a series of fires lies empty and abandoned years later.
St Gabriel's on Beaconsfield Road in Woolton has fallen into a state of serious disrepair with crumbling walls and fire damaged rooms. Photos taken by Sean Nelson, 48, who runs the YouTube channel @theboltonianexplorer, offer a glimpse of what the former convent now looks like.
Built in 1828, the Grade II listed manor house, then known at Knolle Park, later became St Gabriel's Convent and Knolle Park Children's Home. In February 1998 John Christian, a voluntary worker at St Gabriel's Convent, was jailed for sexually abusing young boys over two decades.
