The Creepy Old Abandoned House: A Trashed Victorian
The post that published these photographs is twelve words long. “Creepy old abandoned house, very derelict and mostly trashed. But still interesting and cool to see and explore.” That is all of it — no history, no location, no names, no dates beyond the December 2022 posting. So this article does something different from the usual walkthrough: it lists what the photographs actually prove, and what they do not, and lets the gap between the two stand.
The house is a large red-brick Victorian, photographed by Luke2Explore. Ivy covers much of the outside. The windows are boarded or broken. The front door is boarded shut behind a columned porch, with warning signs fixed to the boards. Whatever this house was, it is now a building that has been shut up on purpose — and then left to the weather and to whoever got in anyway.
What the photographs prove
The exterior proves the house was once a substantial home. Two storeys, bay windows, a columned porch, an arched first-floor window — the kind of detailing that costs money and is meant to be seen from the street. The ivy does not hide that. It climbs the walls and frames the broken windows, but the brickwork, the bays and the porch are all still there, still solid in outline.
The entrance hall proves the inside was once just as deliberate. A staircase rises through an ornate plaster arch, the wallpaper peeling around it, debris on the floor. Even in decay, the arch shows the house was built for show as well as shelter. Whoever designed that hallway wanted visitors to look up when they walked in.
The other rooms prove the trashing the post mentions. One room holds a mustard-yellow armchair with a brick sitting on its seat, bricks and debris scattered across the floor, brown curtains hanging at a window with ivy pressing in from outside. Another wall carries a rusty old wall-mounted electric heater on peeling turquoise paint, with torn wallpaper and debris below it. Nothing in these rooms is arranged. Everything has been moved, dropped or broken where it fell.
What the photographs do not prove
| Known from the post and photos | Not known |
|---|---|
| Large red-brick Victorian house, two storeys | Location, beyond the photographs |
| Very derelict and mostly trashed | Who lived here, and when they left |
| Boarded windows and door, warning signs | Why the house was left empty |
| Entrance hall with ornate plaster arch | When the house was built |
| Posted December 2022 | Whether the house still stands today |
That table is the whole honest record. The post gives no history, and the photographs give no dates. The heater and the armchair suggest a house lived in well into the electric-heating era, but that is an impression, not a date, and it is not stated as one here. The warning signs on the boarded door show someone — an owner, a council, a security firm, it is not stated who — wanted people kept out, and the trashed rooms show that keeping people out did not entirely work.
Why a twelve-word post still works
There is a reason the explorer’s short caption fits this house better than a long history would. A house with no surviving story does not need one invented for it. The photographs are the story: a grand hallway arch over a debris-covered floor, a brick on an armchair, ivy coming through broken glass. Each picture is a small, specific fact, and together they add up to a clear impression — a good house, badly treated, still standing.
The word “creepy” in the post’s title is the explorer’s feeling, not a fact about the house, and it is worth saying so plainly. Nothing in the photographs shows anything supernatural. What they show is ordinary decay made dramatic by scale: a big house, a lot of ivy, and rooms that have been emptied of order but not of things. The creepiness is in the contrast between how grand the house was built and how carelessly it has been left — and that contrast needs no embellishment.
For a contrast with a house that is lived in and on the market, see this 1902 home in Alexandria, Minnesota, where the questions are about upkeep and price rather than about what a trashed house can still prove. More houses in this state are gathered in the Abandoned Houses category, and the site’s front page is abandoned.blog.
FAQ
Where is the creepy old abandoned house?
The post gives no location, and no address is given here.
When was the house photographed?
The post was published in December 2022. No separate explore date is stated.
Who lived in the house?
Not stated in the post. No names are given in the post or here.
When was the house built?
Not stated. The style is Victorian, as the photographs show, but no build date is given in the post.
Why is the house trashed?
The post describes it as very derelict and mostly trashed, but gives no reason for the damage or for the house being left empty.
Can I visit it?
No visiting information is given here. The photographs show warning signs on the boarded door, and entering private property without permission is not encouraged.
Disclaimer
This article is general information only, not legal, tax, or financial advice. Rules on abandoned and private property differ by state and county; check county/local records and a local professional before acting.
Photos
Photos by Luke2Explore, via the original Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/Luke2Explore/posts/creepy-old-abandoned-housevery-derelict-and-mostly-trashedbut-still-interesting-/519956136836746/ — 5 of the 40 photos are shown here.