A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned. Named The Rest, the Grade II listed building in Porthcawl, Wales was built as a convalescent hotel in the early 1860s. It was subsequently used as an auxiliary military hospital from 1915. Between World War I and II, the hospital provided care for more than 2,500 wounded soldiers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. The Rest, which sits on a clifftop overlooking Rest Bay, returned to civilian use as a convalescent hotel in 1946, before it closed in 2013. Photographer Shaun Ashford, 25, of Cardiff, Wales, visited the historic site and captured the Victorian building’s empty interiors.
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
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WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .