A CREEPY children’s prison in an Irish seaside town that was once home to dozens of young boys is now covered in rubble and graffiti.
The eerie footage was shared by TikToker @forgotten_treasures_irl who travelled to Co Down to explore Lisnevin Training school.
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The large site, which covers 43 acres of land and overlooks the Irish Sea, includes 27 residential buildings, a school building and numerous outbuildings
The central building, known as Woburn House, was built in the 1800s, and was used as a private summer mansion to John Gilmore Dunbar, a wealthy Belfast mill owner.
The site and its various out buildings then served as the secure, state run Millisle Borstal between the 1950s and 1980.
In 1981, Lisnevin Training School moved to the Millisle site from nearby Newtonards, occupying two main storey outbuildings surrounded by a high perimeter fence.
The juvenile justice institutions housed around 40 young boys aged 10 to 17.
After Lisnevin’s closure in 2003, the site was used as a prison officer training facility until it was also shut in 2016 due to budget constraints.
And although the main building of Woburn house is not accessible, the TikTokers managed to slink under the perimeter fence to explore nearby Lisnevin.
And in exploring the abandoned building, their incredible footage shows that the former Borstal is now in a derelict state.
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The claustrophobic corridors are falling apart at the seams as paint strips from the walls and roof, while dirt and rubble cover the floors.
Some areas like the dentist room remain in surprisingly salvageable condition, with an eerie black chair and overhead light left behind.
The old building has also seen rampant vandalism with walls and doors covered in graffiti.
Huge industrial washing machines have also been abandoned in a mouldy old laundry room.
FUTURE PROSPECTS
The training school was also kitted out with a full gymnasium and basketball court, which are also in a state of decay.
And finally in scouting the perimeter, the TikTokers were met with barb lined brick walls and the school’s original front entrance, which is now overgrown with weeds and shrubbery.
Two years after the former Borstal closed its doors in 2016, the entire estate was sold for £1.75million.
Thankfully, the new owner has breathed some new life back into the old seaside, converting nearby on site staff houses into turn key home for sale.
However, both Woburn House and Lisnevin remain abandoned.
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