The Grade II-listed cottage was built in the 17th century and had been a village pub

Locals claim to have seen lights flickering inside the cottage, leading to rumours that the cottage is haunted

David Edward Penny, 72, died in a car crash on the road outside the house in October, 2013

Last owner of Old Crow Cottage, in Willersley, Herefordshire, was tragically killed last year


The haunting signs of lives once lived still echo from every room in this long-abandoned ramshackle ruin.

Old Crow Cottage, a Grade II listed building, now stands eerily abandoned since 2009 - the clothes, pictures and other remnants from former inhabitants are untouched and lying under a thick layer of dust.

New photographs from inside the dilapidated cottage, in Willersley, Herefordshire, reveal the eerie atmosphere within the building which would once have been a family home.

Decrepit: Old Crow Cottage was abandoned since 2009 and has been left to rot ever since Eerie: A coat lies on top of a pile of rubbish and fallen masonry in one of the haunting pictures taken inside one of the rooms

Timewarp: Little has changed inside the run-down 300-year-old Old Crow Cottage

Memories: The building which was a family home for many years still holds some of the trinkets and photographs collected by its former residents

Atmospheric: Old Crow Cottage is in a state of disrepair but any prospective buyer would have to overcome the haunting atmosphere within the building if they were to renovate it

Past: Old photographs left inside the abandoned 'Old Crow Cottage' hint at a bygone past when the building would have been a fine family home

Forgotten: The abandoned building would have once echoed to the sound of children laughing and playing with their toys - now unloved and gathering dust

Faith: A sign reading 'The Lord is my strength' still hangs above one of the beds inside the crumbling ruing of Old Crow Cottage

Abandoned: Old Crow Cottage in Willersley, Herefordshire, has been the scene of a number of tragedies during its 200 year history

Undergrowth: Ivy and other creepers have found a home amongst the detritus from former residents of Old Crow Cottage