The owner Jeffrey Bassett had his own bookshop, after closing the shop he sold the books online from the house, then for some reason he decided to move out and leave the books and everything else behind, he's still alive and living else where. It looks like he's doing something with the house as there wasn't any scaffolding up when I went here two years ago.

So glad you brought up KITCHENS. I've been really wishing you'd focus more on what they used to cook with, appliances, sinks, STOVES etc. The cookers of the families I think would love to see more ❤❤❤

I agree with you, Matt, about books. All of those precious books going to waste and ruin. It makes me so sad because I love books, too. None of those will be read again. Thanks for sharing this. I love watching you and Bear on your adventures!

I'm not positive because it is rather small but the thing outside with the cone shaped thing in the middle looks like it might once have been a horse/donkey gin/mill. As you were way down south at the time it could have been for pressing apples to make cider. They come in all shapes, sizes and designs because they were home made! We had the remains of one (with the shed it was in complete) outside our back door in Scotland. It was about a 20ft diameter circle but was used for grinding grain.

At 1:05:05 mark you see the white pipe (tubing) coming up, that structure is part of an old water fountain. House full of books is my dream house, but that house it looks like all those books are holding the house up in areas 😆 What a find Matt, this was really good albeit shocking find. 👍 at 31:19 the year is 1892 , take the X (10) subtract from the C (100) and add the II which is 2. Since films and printings stopped using Roman Numerals, it’s like a forgotten art-form that this generation probably would look at it like they look at a rotary phone and ask them to call someone 😂 honestly 😊. *Matt you are good at those things* you were most likely so overwhelmed by all the stuff your brain was in shock, I know mine was just looking through a screen.

I think I have seen this house before. It was a couple of years ago and I’m pretty sure Dave from Abandoned World Explorer went in to the house. Just can’t forget all those books. If it is the same house, then those books have survived well. I thought at the time what a sin and nothing changes. Another great video and great to see again.

These poor books, it breaks my heart I love the smell of books particularly old ones, no technology can beat paper books.

Glad you’re staying safe. I love books. What a gold mine of books!! Thanks, Matt, for another great video explore.

more likely to be a book seller. I used to live a few doors down from a book shop which contained some valuable items. Problem is - people don't really buy or read books any more - not like they used to. His shop was only open by appointment - which basically was never. This looks like the stock of a book shop that went out of business. I used to work in a university library and we could not give old books away - not even abroad or to any other educational establishments - nobody wants them. We used to skip them.....by the skip load. ....heartbreaking. Timothy Spall is an actor who has done some comedy. L. Ron Hubbard founded Scientology.

Robert Louis Stevenson was a scottish author, best known for "Treasure Island". You are so blessed to have such beautiful countryside, I love seeing it. Thank you for the awfully good video❤😊

This person was a horder, collect things others threw away and probably cleared places , both homes and businesses! Loved his book's and lived alone I would think.

My mother recently passed away and she had hundreds of books in her house, all neatly organized!!! ❤

I think he had a book shop and these are the books which was left over when the shop closed down

As I've said many many times before, it's a really pity that all those books 📚 and everything else are being destroyed and being wasted! Yes I agree with you Matt that they should be saved but we all know that they won't!😢

Sad all those books are rotting away. For sure they were doing renovations looking at the scaffolding outside and moved all their items into that one place. I bet there is books there worth a pretty penny. When they were doing rennos someone tried to save them and put them in plastic bags. Love❤❤❤❤ your videos. Keep them up. Thanks for all your work. Love from Canada 🇨🇦

All the hills where the stones are scattered are called tors. They all have names eg Sheepstor, Haytor, Burrator etc. Schoolkids do a Ten Tors challenge in the summer where they have to walk and climb ten of the tors. It's quite a gruelling challenge for them.

Most of Dartmoor consists of a single type of rock - granite. This granite was intruded during the late Carboniferous/ early Permian Period (around 280 million years ago) and formed Devon and Cornwall. Dartmoor is an amazing place. I hiked today to Wistman's Wood. It has eerie, ancient trees and links to pagan rituals and it’s classified as one of the most haunted places in the UK. If anyone visits Dartmoor and enjoys walking, there are a lot more places like this. Really enjoyed the video, thanks Matt and little Bear ❤xx

Oh wow the house had more books than a library, the man on the back of the book was the actor Timothy spall. The super gran was a vHS not a book lol .I can imagine the person looking in old skips finding these books. But also sad the weight of the books are too heavy for the house. Hope they can save the house with its beautiful views. Awww. Bear look relaxed on the window shelf, makes me laugh, when he’s got cobwebs on his head.

Love this place my dad built my mom a library because she could have been living like this....she loved books. This house is in the middle of nowhere so maybe books is how they traveled.. Thanks for taking us on these adventures so fun.

Absolutely not boring us with the books. It’s quite fascinating. Mainly cause of the question as to why the book hoard. I at first though they were a reseller but maybe they were just a book hoarder. They bagged them to “protect” them.

49:15 The flask is an Air Ministry flask used by RAF aircrew on flying operations during WW2 bomber crews for example if I remember rightly it wasn't opened until they were on the way home out of range of the enemy, it was bad luck to drink the coffee before they had hit their target!

it looks like all the books from the world are hidden there lol. wow , no wonder we lose certain histories , they end up in houses like this and never seen again ,

This place makes me think of a country library. Or a storage for a library. I love it!!! Please be safe!!

I have a feeling that that house had a mill onsite because it's perfect with the stream for water power and that round bit near the smaller building could have been used for grinding. Or they had roundabouts where animals were harnessed and walked in circles to create alternate power. Don't know but it's a thought. Whatever it was, was a really long time ago though.

Sad to see all these books going to waste. Although one day our computers will be compromised and this place will be invaluable!! Sketchy stairs for sure. Beautiful place with more history to it for sure!! Great explore Matt!!

Fascinating explore, to be honest! Beautiful property. I made him out to be a compulsive book thief - for added interest. The well hidden box titled ‘articles for the blind' 😂😂😂 Was that hole in the ground thing the remnants of a mill? Brilliant job, Matt and Bear ⭐️⭐️❤️🐻

Had to go back and watch from the beginning due to arriving late! The landscape alone was enough to keep me there for hours!! Great explore. That house must have been simply amazing back in the day!! ❤❤❤

I thought that I used to have a lot of books once upon a time, but this place really does take the cake! Literally only a library, or an extremely wealthy serious collector, would have more books 📚 than this person!! WOW‼️

That circle at 1:04:55 looks like a base for a mill to me. You'd have a grinder in the middle and it'd either have wind veins to make it turn, or an ox or something that would go round and round.

Thanks Matt for a PHENOMENAL exploration!! I initially thought that there were a lot of books 📚 when you first entered the house downstairs....BUT....after seeing how many books 📚 are in that house leave me absolutely speechless! It's such a pity and a waste of great literature! I truly hope that someone saves all the books and that they don't all get ruined!! Everything that you do is great appreciated! Thanks Matt‼️💖💖

The word your looking for is veneer for the wood overlay. Mad house , how those books not gone through the floor is unbelievable. ❤

That was excellent!!!

my guess a book dealer the scales was to weigh for the postage and packaging costs

Just a quick question Matt, can you go to this farm house any time or do you have to BOOK lol 😆 sorry couldn't resist lol 🤣😂. Great explore as always love to you, Bear and of course Andy xx

I'm simply floored, amazed, dumbfounded and awestruck with the sheer number of books 📚 in that house‼️

The Books 8:53 like "koken met plezier " are dutch Books, its says cooking with pleasure "101 nieuwe dierenverhalen" In english its "101 new animals stories " "Het lekkere magnetronboek" In English it says the delicious magnnetronbook Seems like sombody lived there that was dutch I'm from Belgium so it was funny to see dutch Books in there There more if you like I translate the titles for ya Greets from belgium and love the video

I love waking up on an early Sunday morning and watching your videos. I’ve been a fan of yours and Bear and Andy for years now!! My absolute favorite KZfaq channel!

What looks like sheer chaos to us is that person's organized madness!!😂

Maybe the chap was considered the local library?That slit style window upstairs was literally a gun port.

Bear is a wonderful little doggie ❤

Hubbard was the founder of Scientology and had a home base in New Mexico USA. One home base among a few.

Pretty sure that L.Ron Hubbard is the guy that created scientology so yeah definitely dodgy guy! Could you imagine if all those books were buttons!! What a mind boggling house!

The house made of books! Wow I believe there are 2 mil + in that house of books!

The blonde guy on that book is called Timothy Spall he's an actor and presenter, he was in Auf Weidersehn Pet which was about some British builders working in Germany it was hilarious, and Ron L Hubbard is/was a writer and Founder of The Church Of Scientology,

Looked up the Ulcers game and here’s what I found: This game's theme is fairly unique: you are trying to assemble a full staff of personnel (two secretaries, two salesmen, one sales manager, one vice-president and one president) to run your company. The problem is there aren't enough available in total for more than one company to achieve that goal. You win by assembling a full staff and making it safely around to a New Fiscal Year (the "Go" square, in other words). As you move about the (bilingual, two-sided) board, you'll have opportunities to hire or raid competing companies. You must decide how much to pay your people --not enough and they'll switch companies, too much and your company will go bankrupt. Managing your money is an important aspect of the game but it isn't the victory condition. Definitely not what I thought it would be about. Loved the artwork. I’m also a book lover. Bet it was beautiful in its heyday! Hugs to Bear! BTW… loved the sign at the beginning! 😂😂

The shelves they've got, at least the empty (fairly empty anyway) ones upstairs are the commercial type that they've got in libraries. They were definitely extremely serious about their books! Perhaps they were starting a library because most of those books are in bad condition and not really in sellable condition.

What a grand building! Great explore! Thanks for taking us along.

what a fantastic episode, im a book lover so it was heaven for me, i was rivited, and amazing explore, i worried when you said you were solo for a while but your keeping us all entertained, fantastic place, well done Matt, and Bear xx

I hope it's buttons 😂

If that is where I think it is, it's about 10ml from where I live and he had a shop but closed and ran the business from home. I think it was called something like Bookworm farm.

Wow, serious collection. Well done Matt. Glad your safe. Absolutely beautiful area.

Another great video Matt. Thanks to you and your channel for keeping the history of people's lives alive.

Great one!! But please, be safe❤

Omg I have never seen so many books in a private residence, only in a library. He must have been a hoarder of books. 📚 pity they are just going to perish in that house. Much love from Australia

Have to go to work,I know! I'll watch you when I get home!!!

Hi Matt...the chap on the BBC books was the actor Timothy Spall ...great video..

Book lovers paradise ❤ Thanks for making this video ❤ Bear 🐻 is a cutie 🥰

I love books. I've always dreamed of having my personal library. Pet Bear for me!❤

Gee what on earth could possibly be in this other room behind the closed door?.......WOW‼️ it's amazing....books 📚 and more 📚 books!😂🤣😂

That was a great laugh 😂 you gave me going down those ladders 😂😂😂😂😂😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Another brilliant explore Matt there must be thousands and thousands and thousands of pounds worth of books in that house. I can’t understand as a house has not collapsed but it does look like they’re trying to do it up because like you said it’s got a new roof it must’ve took him years to fill that house up with books I’ve been watching some of your old KZfaq videos and enjoying those as well keep exploring Matt, you’re a legend

Absolutely beautiful place 🥰

Wow hope these books dont go to rot, bet theres some gems in that bunch .

Hi matt, I hope you are well hun, as I'm watching this video and your walking to the house at the beginning one of my spirit guides told me this land first became inhabited in the 1400's but that building is later ❤❤

What a lovely and interesting video. The owner must have had a book shop or must have sold books at fairs, etc. But yeah, I really enjoyed the video. Thanks Matt!!

Absolutely brilliant video. This place is ancient

Absolutely amazing place, I love books, it is such a shame it’s been left, great explore and for me one of the best ❤❤

Those books are in a mess! If they were serious about selling them they'd arrange them alphabetically and by category.

Wow this looks intriguing Matt, we are sure we have passed this in the distance at one time.😊

Hip nv little Bear stays safe 🐕

Heyyy, my guess to that what you thought was for a gun maybe was for the horse's as when I cared for a lady yrs ago there was something similar, only I can't remember what the big stone square thing was for, as I'm not sure if that's a stable for horse's next to it I'm not too sure!!!! Sarah from Wakefield, Yorkshire. X

Well that house can literally tell a story or two 😂😂

Great stuff again Matt! Looking forward to the next one!

Another great 😊 video Thankyou Matt and Bear 🐻❤️🐕

The scaffolding isn't holding up the outside... The books are holding up the house from the inside 😂 Bear is so cute, what kind of dog is he?

Beautiful Land! So many books. Collector? Selller? A famous author used to live in that area. Same name as the person who lived there.

❤❤❤❤ wow its a library!!

Great video, Matt! Loved seeing a bit of the countryside!

I was right. Holy crap what a lot of books!!! A nest on the wild life books is so cool. Are you sure you didn't happen upon an isolated library lol? Did you get a few for the Halloween live?

Yay Dartmoor! I drive through that every day for work. I often stop on the way home when the weather is good just to take in the view and feel at peace with the world. I hope you managed to get a look at the famous Dartmoor prison while you were there. Built in the 1850s by French and American prisoners of war It's still a working prison today. There are two war memorials on the outside of the prison wall for the prisoners of war. The local church in the village also has records of the names of men who died there in the 18 00s and what they died from. It's really interesting.

I'm guessing this person was a book lover. MAXIMUM BOOKS PLEASE. !!!

At about 1:05:03 That's the bottom stone of a Stone Grinder for Milling Grains the building is just gone.

Great episode Matt 👏👏

What a place better on the outside than in... Great find Matt loving your Solo adventures. ❤

Great job! Though i feel it needed something more... BOOKS! IT NEEDED MORE BOOKS! The word books must have been used over 1000 times. Loved the BOOK HOUSE video Matt :)

Excellent video Matt - I would have loved it if the house had been in good nick! I just adore old books and I would love to catalogue them and get them in order - have to put them in a bar first lol I’m planning it already!!!!!!😂😂😂😂❤❤

The house and area is obviously a place worth saving, hence new roof. Was the person who owned it well known?

Ummm, I found this places location fareley quickly. The place looks completely different than on google maps, glad to see a new roof and that. Lovely area and land. My daughter would love to read all those books too... I do wonder, how the hell did he get all the books there..

We think that house is definitely being fixed ( top down ). That whoever was hoarding all those books probably started with the best of intentions ( to sell) but just ended up hoarding WAY more than they ever could sell. Also, the thing outside is an old fountain. If you look closely there is a white piece of PVC pipe coming through the ground. Loved the video. Love books. Will anyone save them? Debatable. Depends on the cost and danger. Could be easier to knock them to the lowest point and just throw them out. There would be mold abatement and all kinds of stuff involved in saving them. Loved the video!

Such a strange explore, but you still made it sound interesting. ❤

The round thing could be something to do with a mill grinding stuff into flour ?

I live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and we had both white and yellow page books. Not anymore, though.❤

54K subscribers now Woo hoo!!!! Well done 😊 Looking forward to sundays video ❤

WOW 😮 this was a very unexpected find. Great job staying alive for another week 👍 Thanks for another great Sunday morning ❤

Beautiful place

It's obvious to me that the owner of this house wanted it to be a library!

Wow!! So many books!

I wouldn't want to have to organize that lot to even attempt to sell them. Better a house full of books than a house full of buttons 😅

Except for the fact that this place is in the middle of nowhere, otherwise it kind of looks like it could also have been a bookstore, at least certain parts of it. That room with the chair holding the door closed looked like the office and the scale could have been used to weigh the books for postage if he was selling them through the mail. You'd need to know the weight for the postage costs.

Brilliant video Matt. Those foreign books are Dutch by the way