Venture inside an eerie physician’s abode in Upstate New York©Bryan Sansivero

Deep in the Catskill Mountains, a long-forgotten physician’s house lay empty for years. That was until, armed with his trusty camera, abandoned buildings photographer Bryan Sansivero captured the homestead in all its eeriness, right before it was sold and revamped.

Click or scroll to take a wander around the intriguing home and discover its many secrets…

Built during the 1930s, the Colonial-inspired clapboard house is located in an idyllic setting in the Upstate New York hamlet of Roscoe. A charmingly overgrown garden complete with a picturesque duck lake surrounds the mysterious property.

Nature had started to reclaim the green-gabled house when Sansivero paid it a visit. The once manicured lawn had turned into a wild meadow, while a fallen tree blocked the front door, as if to ward off unwelcome visitors.

Mould was growing on the clapboards, which were crying out for a clean-up and a lick of paint, and several windows were broken or wedged open, exposing the interiors to the elements and adding to the dilapidated vibe.

Still, the adorable front door, porch lantern and cute canopy, including the green gables and shutters, were in a reasonably good state when Sansivero visited, bar the fallen tree of course.

Abandoned homes are fairly commonplace in the area. The infamous Dundas Castle, for instance, is just up the road from the property. Dubbed the ‘Castle of Sorrow’, the Neo-Gothic 1920s pile has been vacant since the 1970s.

Back inside this home, however, and the decor is not for the faint of heart…

Stepping into the living room, it’s obvious the former owner or one of the residents was a keen hunter given the tiger skin rug and stag head decoration that adorns the wall adjacent to the fireplace, not to mention the discarded hunting rifle.

At one time a tiger skin rug like this could be worth thousands of dollars but now it’s all but illegal to sell them.