Abandoned cottage with emotional notes woman left behind before she died

01 May 2023 , 12:16

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The 17th-century grade 2 listed farmhouse sits on 25-acres of land (Image: mediadrumworld/zoeurbex)

Haunting photographs of a cottage abandoned by an artist a decade ago still has the remnants of his inspiring collection of paintings.

The 17th-century grade 2 listed farmhouse sits on 25-acres of land around 35-miles outside of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and has been left to ruin since its owner was forced to leave.

The property is full of old notes and reminders, as well as stunning pieces of art presumed to have been hand crafted by the owner.

Images of the cottage were captured by urban explorer Zoe Urbex from Brighton, Sussex, who explained how the owner eventually had to leave to live out his remaining time in a care home.

In some of the photographs, notes can be seen that say things like, "do not sit on chair and fall asleep" and "no falling".

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The cottage is filled with emotional notes (mediadrumworld/zoeurbex)

Zoe Urbex believes that the owner's wife had developed dementia and these notes served as reminders.

She also believes that the man, who judging from the photographs was a passionate and talented artist, was taken into a care home shortly after she passed in around 2010.

The property was the former home of an artist and his wife (mediadrumworld/zoeurbex)

The cottage was abandoned 10 years ago (mediadrumworld/zoeurbex)

"The property has sat empty ever since," Zoe Urbex said.

"It has a lot of periodic features such as exposed beams and pamment floors.

"The floors were quite crooked, especially upstairs, and it was full of personal possessions including many hand-painted portraits of presumably himself and his wife.

Notes were left throughout the property (mediadrumworld/zoeurbex)

"There were so many daily reminders all over the house, a lot of them being motivational to remind him to keep going.

"It was probably one of my most moving explores due to this.

"It was clearly a once well-loved home."

The cottage is filled with paintings (mediadrumworld/zoeurbex)

Zoe took up Urban Exploration as a hobby in 2019.

"When I was younger, I used to have a strange obsession with old swimming pools," she said.

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"I used to watch YouTube videos of other people 'exploring' them. This made me want to get out and see it for myself so that's what I did.

The owner was forced to move into a care home (mediadrumworld/zoeurbex)

"It's always fascinating to see how things have been forgotten about.

"I came across this building through a lot of research and searching through Google maps for overgrown properties."

Molly Pennington