50 Disturbing Things Found In Homes That Were Abandoned Or Forgotten

Was for the "calling cards" I.em the cards everybody carried around to give to the butler to announce their visit.

Boot scraper

Window openers, sometimes they were used to open the transom above the old doors

You can sit down and take your shoes and boots off, after hanging up your coat and hat
Those were the days

People put them in for their cats to be able to get to the cat box and other areas of the house without the heat, leaving the room. They want the door closed and the heat in

those would be musket balls. You can see the powder burn in some top ones

It used to be an old cistern with water in it. Lotta old houses have them.

Yes we had one for our cellar, to tell us the light were on downstairs.

It warms things. That's pretty much it.

It's a driveway with steps between the tire treads. Used to see that quite a bit.

It’s a damper for an old gravity furnace. I’d remove it, clean it up, polish it and reinstall it. It would be a lovely talking point! I’ll bet it’s a beautiful brass piece.

for a chandelier so you can lower it for repair and cleaning

These are Witches Stairs. Supposedly Witches couldn't climb these types of stairs.

These double edge razor blades were found in the bathroom wall. Way back when, the medicine cabinets had a slot in back. It was purposely put there to dispose the old blades which just fell into the wall.

For shooting rifles through

An old glass fire extinguisher filled with Carbon Tetrachloride. Very dangerous.

Old tie holder.

In the 1970s they were called valets—men hung their suit jackets on them when they came home from work and put their pocket contents in the little tray.

Digby Lock-Up, also known as the Pepperpot, located in Digby, Lincolnshire. It is a Grade II listed building with historical significance.
Originally a 17th-century wellhead, it is made of limestone and stands 2 meters high.
It may have been used as a lock-up for petty criminals or drunks, especially during the Napoleonic Wars.

Witches window. They believed witches couldn't turn and fly through them when they were opened.