Stunning Totally Packed Abandoned Shady Grove Mansion Left Forgotten For Decades 

I was surprised the staircase bannister was still in relatively good condition. Just heartbreaking that this old treasure of a house, oozing with charm from another time, will be mowed down like it's worthless ! The fireplaces alone were all so unique, stunningly crafted, a testimony to artisans goneby. I am so saddened, yet again, to see another once beautiful old house neglected -- and ultimately destroyed. Seems respect for the past, for historical reminders, for human life, too, is fading.

I am 4 minutes into this video and I am so very sad. Some of the features in this house are just so beautiful. That fireplace with the metal inlay and the doorknob in the butlers pantry, it hurts my heart so badly to think those things are going into a rubbish dump. How can we allow this to happen? I've been sick so maybe I'm more touchy than usual, but I just feel hopeless thinking about not only this house, but all the houses that all the beautiful stuff is tossed aside like yesterday's meatloaf.

Wow, an architectural salvage company could really go to town in this house!!

I would love to back in time when this house was being built and scream "DON'T PAINT THE WOODWORK ! " I can only imagine how gorgeous all of it would have looked unpainted .

I've noticed over the years that so many beautiful old rural homes were abandoned during the eighties.

The staircase, banister, and spindles are the work of a true craftsman! I would rather see the fireplace mantles/tiles, and the antique furniture be stolen and refurbished/reused than to be plowed into a big pile and burned! I wish you checked out the vinyl's and a couple of books, I'm interested in knowing what they were. Thanks Kappy & Ruby, see you next week!

Even in its current condition the beauty of this house stands out. I hope someone has the sense to rescue all of the beautiful tiles surrounding each of the fireplaces. This was an expensive house in its day. There is such an extreme difference between the grand staircase and the stairs for the servants who had to navigate those steep, narrow and winding stairs everyday while carrying items up and down the stairs.

A better roof would have saved this old gal. It seems the first couple of owners took care of it and then in the 80s it went to pot. Those are some of the most gorgeous fireplaces you've found and one of the most beautiful staircases with those alternating spindles. I added a lot of screenshots to my Kappy collection :) The animal sounds were downright spooky and I'm very glad you turned around when you did. It was so nice to see/hear Ruby! You all take care out there!

In my 72 years, I’ve never seen a banister like this one. It’s so beautiful. The fireplace tiles are magnificent. Just imagine how the artists who made these items and the people who installed them would feel to see them today, knowing they’ll likely be destroyed 😢. The horizontal oval window up in the attic was very beautiful too. Thank you for the tour!

It really seems so heartbreaking to see a house that was this beautiful and so well crafted just left junked! I would much rather see something like this just emptied out and left clean. Let it decay naturally. The staircase really made me sad to see such beautiful crafted stairs headed for demolition.😢 Thank you for sharing!

Hi Kappy! Hi Ruby! This house was pretty cool. I was especially impressed with the fireplaces and that beautiful staircase. The craftsmanship was unique and added charm to this place. Glad you didn’t encounter the mysterious animal upstairs! Thank you both.

Houses like this were a work of art, and the craftsmanship that went into the woodwork and mantles were amazing. So sad its in the state its in, and have to wonder how it got that way. Even though I am in Canada, noticed a few items in there that mom and dad had as well, and triggered good memories for me (both gone now). Thank you for your hard work in documenting these gorgeous once loved places so they are not totally forgotten, and so we can enjoy with you one last time.

it is a crime to destroy those beautiful firepace mantles!

Everything about this house screams unique. Too bad it was never renovated 😢 Thank you for the tour you two 😊

The craftsmanship on this house is amazing. The fireplaces, staircase railing, and rosettes on the woodwork are beautiful! Thanks Ruby and Kappy.

Sometimes I just can’t bare to watch clips like this where it’s moments to its death and to have all this beautiful staircase spindles and tile work etc etc go into landfill. Stained glass too. Omgosh Thousands of $$$ could be reused in another home. Thank you to Kappy and Ruby for these amazing adventures (sad but amazing)

I am not sure which was more stunning, the staircase railing or the fireplace mantels! Thanks for letting us see it!

That original tile on the fireplace surround is gorgeous and in perfect shape.

What an incredible house! I sure hope all of the inner arcitecture can be salvaged-with the owner's permission, of course. Those mantels, and that staircase with the barley twist (?) ballisters-amazing craftmanship! I would love to have a built-in pantry like that. Were those servants quarters upstairs? Great video! Thanks, Kappy, and hi, Ruby! Happy Thanksgiving!

Love the character and charm of these beautiful old houses.🌻

That large grate is a furnace vent. We had one as a kid. Our house was smaller. Oil furnace. When it was on, best heat ever. When it was off got cold really fast. It was right in the middle of our hall and we had to constantly walk around it. There was a pilot light if I remember. It’s a wonder something didn’t fall in and cause a fire. Great video. Hi Ruby ❤

I hope someone is going to try to salvage some of that beautiful wood!!!

I think about the first people who lived in this stunning house, they are long gone. Of all the houses, this is one of the saddest I've seen.😔

Beautiful old home. If it has to be torn down, I hope someone salvages the beautiful interior details first!

The tiles on the fireplaces and stair balustrades are worth a fortune.

I sure hope that someone is planning to salvage this house before it is torn down. There is so much worth saving. The staircase and mantles were incredible. I so wish that someone had saved this one.

It would be a real shame if someone didn't get in there and save those fireplace mantels and that staircase. Glad you were able to get a video of it before its gone

Oh my goodness what great old woodwork!!! Oh that fireplace was so intricate!!!

Hey Kappy and Ruby! What an amazing house. Such awesome details and I love a butlers pantry. Glad no smell-o-vision! Thanks for rhe explore. Stay safe from vultures and ?? ✌️

|L|oved this house Kappy the fireplaces and stair case were thye high light forme as was having Ruby a part of it .

Wow, that home must have been stunning in it's day. Thanks Kappy for another great tour.

I was just thinking about the LACK of quality & craftsmanship in most homes built around/past the 1960’s , and what the future holds for future urban explorers. Piles of rubble I fear.. The homes built in haste just to make a quick buck, just will NOT stand the test of time like these older beauties do, if the roof is good of course lol. In 100 years (or likely less) our country will just have piles of rubble here & there, where houses once stood . In some cases, there will be a vast landscape of piles of rubble & waste, represenative of how haste & greed, truly make waste. THANK YOU for preserving the older homes on video, that are truly great & representative of how our country once had real PRIDE in how homes were built!! I also have to add, ONCE AGAIN, lol, just how MUCH we appreciate how respectful, and humble & genuine you definitely are in your explorations. Your motives are obviously not selfish & self-serving, but are really genuine in the appreciation of the older homes & craftsmenship of the past! Altho we’d love to meet you sometime, it’s so cool that you don’t have a big NEED to be “seen”, and that you respect your own privacy! Good for you! So many other RU-vid urban explorers just seem have this huge need to show themselves over & over again , and hear themselves over-talk! Sometimes it seems their videos are more about THEM, than the subject matter itself! While watching them, i’ve found myself thinking , “ Just SHUT UP & get on with showing the house already”! To each his own of course , everyone obviously has their own style & way of doing things, but I’m glad you keep it REAL & stick to the primary purpose of documenting/showing the older homes & their unique architectural details . And yes, again thank God you don’t have to add music & weird sounds to your videos, the natural sounds around the places, be it birds, wind, rain and/or cars, are just fine for the backdrop sounds! Tunes obviously sense on the shorts of course, but your genuine appreciation for older homes & their architectural details speak for themselves on your vids! You are our favorite RU-vid urban explorer!! We feel like we are walking thru the places with you, and since I’m too old to do much exploring, I’m glad to go along via video! Thanks ! 👍

I love seeing these old homes! A fireplace in every room is so awesome! Could you imagine cutting the firewood and carrying it in everyday?

it a beautiful old house. Back when people pride in their work and people seen that pride and appreciated the effort put into it.

I always feel like apologizing to those beautiful old home's for the damage and ruin they were allowed to fall in to. 😢😢😢

Wish I had that vintage TV.

I guess we're all here for its funeral. RIP old house.

There are so many salvageable artifacts in this home, I hope someone steps in to preserve them. Was a lovely home back in the day.

Wow! This was a high dollar house in its day! Beautiful and i hope they save the mantles and fancy woodwork!

This place was made with love, all those pretty fire-places & details. They were meant for someone I think. It is like the house was a gift.

Can you imagine what it took to heat a home that size back in the day, i forgot to count the fire places but the amount of wood had to be quite a bit. So sad to see a once beautiful home that held memories and history at one time be destroyed and i wish there was a picture of what the house looked like after it was built along with the family.

The woodworking is fantastic there. I wish it was closer to me. I'd buy it and redo it. Get it sealed up and restore the inside. The banisters and mantles need saving. I'm in love. Glad you and Ruby were able to film it for us.

This was one beautiful house, the architectural features were astonishing, must have been just gorgeous in it's time. I hope the fireplaces are removed and saved before it's torn down. In England this house would have had a Preservation Order on it for certain. Such a shame these places will be lost forever.

Wow what an awesome home! The staircase and spindles were so beautiful. Upstairs was kinda creepy with whatever that was, glad u guys r ok! Stay safe hi 2 Ruby!

The owner needs to let someone get in there and save the upstairs banister and fireplaces. We're going to run out of those houses built in the late 1800's!

The fireplaces are beautiful Kappy! What a gorgeous home. Love the design in the bedroom wallpaper. You and your vultures! Lol! You can’t seem to get rid of them. Lol! Thanks for another beautiful find Kappy! You never disappoint 😊

What a shame so many of these old houses are allowed to deteriorate to the point of no saving them.

Cannot believe that no one has salvaged the fireplaces and that GORGEOUS staircase....smh

Every time I watch one of your videos it reminds me of how difficult life was not that long ago.

Hopefully they will salvage the beautiful parts of this treasure ❤

“Ruby stay behind me.” So sweet, take care of your girl.

Awesome old home. I would like to have known what those old vinyls were, what the drawers in that chest contained and closer inspection of some of the furniture and old books. That animal sound was like a barking fox, but I don’t blame you for getting out of there. Creepy! How about giving Ruby a microphone? Her comments, some of them, were unintelligible and her observations are important, too.

Thank you for posting all of your walk through videos. I really enjoy them. Too bad someone didn’t go in 40 to 50 years ago to restore it before it got really had. It could have been such a beautiful restoration! Thanks again!💙⭐️

Just makes me sad to watch such beautiful homes deteriorate 😢

It must have been so beautiful back in the day .

It is a shame these selfish people don't appreciate these beautiful and increasingly rare monuments to old world craftsmanship. So much can be salvaged here. Instead they are just going to bulldoze everything like destructive children and erase yet another marker of our past.

Fireplaces, door knobs , random hardware, appliances, furniture , etc - why are these things not removed before the structure is trashed? They should be salvaged for reuse in other old places! Or in new homes. I would be the first one to go in & claim them. SAVE THEM!

I think this house would make a beautiful Christmas 🎄house.

That staircase railing was beautiful. It was different. Loved everything about the fireplaces. Stay safe!

This place is so gorgeous. I love it. Another great find Kappy. My love to Ruby.

Just proof that these houses were built to last. Actually it would have been very beautiful back in the days but once everyone left the house began to fall apart. The fireplace mantles were lovely with the ribbon ties and carved wood to match, also the stair ways banister and carved wooden spirals was gorgeous too. That smell probably came from the vent before the stairs. Thanks for sharing and you have a great day.

They need to save this grand old house and the antiques within her. Once gone, it's gone forever.

How incredibly sad. Certainly hope someone does alot of salvage! Alot in there that shouldn't be busted up. That staircase! Hate to see these old places rot and be destroyed. 😢

prettiest fireplaces, staircase and old furniture that could be saved and used.

This place was really beautiful in it's day, the squishy floors and mess kinda take away from that now. That central stairway and the fireplaces are still stunning though. Wish someone had started saving it 25 years ago. Thanks, Kappy and Ruby

Hopefully some things in that home came be salvaged, they are beautiful. And the scenery at the end of the video was beautiful as well. Enjoyed it all!

To see this beautiful old home going into ruin breaks my heart. The butlers pantry was a treasure I would love to have. The beauty in the mantles and stairway. To let all of that go to waste in a landfill brings me to tears. Thank you Kappy for another beautiful home! ❤️

What a beauty. Hi Kappy and Ruby, good to see ya. I love these old houses. Their staircases and woodwork are beautiful. Saw a doll in that one oneroom couldn't tell what it was. Don't mess with the animals. Sad it rotting away. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Love the butler pantry. We had one in our upper west side apartment in Manhattan.

Been away from your videos. BUSY at work, ALWAYS enjoyed them!!!

This was a fancy one! Beautiful details, fireplaces are amazing…and those stairs! Wow! Someone went all out on this beauty. Thank you, Kappy, and Ruby too. 😊

I would love to have seen this house in its glory days! Wonder if there are any historical photos of this gem? Just amazing.😊

The big hole in the floor was an old heat exchage furnace. So many feet burned and so many shoes ruined because it was HOT! That staircase! Gorgeous! Ms Ruby, you made the perfect responce for heading up that stairwell to the 3rd floor! By the way, good to almost see you Ms Ruby!😊 So much left in this place! Am hoping someone takes all those saveable features. I just hate to see all of that work destroyed. Another great video young man! Loved watching! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving if we dont see you before! Thanks for taking me along!!😊😊😊

It was probably very nice at one time , shame people don't keep them up after inheriting,these kinds of homes are unique,wasn't expecting so much on that top floor,great job ,didn't hear much from Ruby ,sure it's great to have company along,good job you do documenting these places

Whoever built this house certainly had an eye for detail. Ornate tastes, but it works in a house this size. Love the barley twist spindles in the stair rails. Both sides of the archway by the main door have elaborate designs in the woodwork. 😊 Beautiful! And the second-story bedrooms!! ❤ Large, spacious, tall windows, and beautifully detailed fireplaces. Love it! ❤️ This home was a show-stopper in its day. Tfs! Hi to Ruby. This explore had some great wallpaper for her. 😊

Unusual to find all the mantles intact. They should be salvaged, if nothing else. Same with the main staircase and any hardware. Beautiful and worth a fortune. People restoring old houses need these things desperately.

Love the green sofa with the skirt at 3:20. The woodwork in this house seems exceptional throughout and in great shape. Oh, that pink satin covered wing chair at 12:33, another great piece. My Aunt Alice gave me that very hand pinball machine new as a birthday gift in I believe 1962 or '63. I wish they could all be saved. If not, then at least the doors, banisters, fireplace mantels, metal hardware and door knobs, furniture, books, etc. Your houses are always filled with wonderful surprises!

Shame into tearing this down Itd be worth moving and saving Great you showed everything at least

One of the more beautiful interiors lately. Stunning fireplaces, and that staircase!

What an absolute jewel! So many old details still intact! Hopefully someone is able to harvest some of those items before they are all gone! Thanks Kappy!

It’s heartbreaking seeing such beauty and history go to waste. I can only imagine this home in it’s former glory, so so sad. 😞💔

It’s so sad these homes were such architectural masterpieces❤are we sure the growl was an animal? Spirit growl? As a child I lived in an old farmhouse with dormers in the top level were these short but deep side closets and my parents stored bags of clothes for according to the season . I think I was 5 and climbing around on top of the bags inside the deep closet .. the light did not work and I was all the way toward the back when I heard a growl.. well I got the hell in out of there… there was no way it was animals as there was no way to get in. Anyway from then own both upstairs rooms had those type of closet and I had a bad feeling about it and would block the door with something heavy. I still remember it clearly to this day and that was 50 years ago. I will never forget that growl.

I ❤ your videos! I really enjoy seeing these old style homes no matter the condition their in cause you get a pretty good idea of what they looked like back when they had life.

Wow it was rehabbable and what a beautiful home if people would just keep up with the maintenence hope someone salvaged everything out of there

Truly must have been a stunning home. What a sad ending.

I remember those games from the 60’s and 70’s, so cool, brings back simpler times! Yes, I’m old , haha. So what! 😊

Love the fireplaces and the barley twist stair case I bet it was beautiful in its day great video both I love your videos you allways find the most beautiful homes .

Wow! That house just went on forever! Beautiful!

This house had very beautiful light and space. It felt comfortable and airy. Loved it.

I bet that house was beautiful with all the wood work and that staircase was a real statement piece love that house

SAVE THAT HOUSE!!! What a treasure the entire area is!!! 😍🤩

2:13 Thing is those locks if non working can be easily taken apart. Lubricated and used for another 120+ years.

The architecture was really cool and the setting.👍❤️🇺🇸

Wow cool place thanks 😊 great video

It’s painful to think that all of that gorgeous woodwork, and those beautiful fireplaces, might be torn down. I truly hope that some salvagers see this and can save all of the irreplaceable and historic portions, inside and outside of this once grand and beautiful old home.

Another amazing relic of the past! The skill and artistry of the builders persist, shining through from under the years of neglect. And I mean WHAT fireplaces! WHAT Bannisters! The molding even has molding!! It pains me that no salvage is done before they demolish these treasures, but then, such is the current attitude of society today: everything is disposable. "Paved Paradise to put up a parking lot." Cuz those whom appreciate the finer things, especially remnants of our history, have not the resources and those whom have the resources no longer appreciate the 'finer things' of the past, preferring to spend their wealth redefining 'luxury.' I suppose 'tis a condition of Humanity, to create extinctions. What an amazing structure this one was in her day! TY for the tour, Kappy and Ruby. The good old days really were just that.

What a shame another beautiful house going down 😞 great video thanks for sharing

It's sad how a once beautiful home is left to ruin. You are very brave to go into that attic after hearing noises up there! I hope you and Ruby wear masks when you go into some of these homes. Thanks for sharing, Kappy.

Dear kappy and Ruby. Thank you for showing this stunning home. What happens to all the furniture and fittings if it's to be pulled down. I love the extra views you show, the cotton fields, flowers, stunning scenery, and the river. The train lines make me wonder where they go. Lovely to see the moon on the water. Thank you. Best wishes beverley stone U.K.

I appreciate that you and,sometimes Ruby,go into. I know that I would like to do some urban exploring,but I am too scared to go into places like this.