The South’s Spookiest Properties
Happy Halloween - It’s that time of year again when the ghosts and vampires join us for ghoulish parties and hellish treats in terrifyingly dressed properties.
In recognition of this freaky holiday, we thought it would be a bit of fun to explore a selection of what are considered to be some of the South’s spookiest properties. These beautiful, yet ghostly buildings have a rich and scary history of restorations, hauntings and other happenings.
The Station Pub, Southampton
Postcard by Southampton photographer FGO Stuart around 1901 of the The Station pub when it was called Bitterne Station Hotel
This pub located in the Bitterne area of Southampton has seen extensive remodelling since it was built in circa 1880. These renovations have led to major internal changes such as relocation of bar and toilet facilities. Some punters have reported being tapped on the shoulder in the women’s lavatories, which is said to be haunted by a woman who use to sit at the old bar (now the location of the toilets). Maybe a new consideration you’ll start building into your internal developments.
Weald & Downland Living Museum, Singleton, West Sussex
Image source https://www.wealddown.co.uk/buildings/market-hall-from-titchfield/
The unique, impressive and very old buildings erected at the Weald & Downland Living Museum were rescued and since maintained for the sole purpose of preserving and showcasing the past to all visitors, young and old. Old properties however also bring their old inhabitants, and it is said the reconstructed buildings in this attraction are some of the most haunted in Britain.
Preston Manor, Brighton, East Sussex
Image source https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/preston-manor-gardens/history/
As the name suggest, this former manor house for Preston Village is now part of the Brighton & Hove Museums and is open to the public as a museum and exhibition space representing upper-class life during the Edwardian period. Built in the late 1700s, some of the architecture of this Grade II listed building dates back even further to the 1200s and ghost sightings have been recorded since the 1800s, including that of a phantom child riding a toy tractor.
King’s Theatre, Portsmouth
Image source https://www.kingsportsmouth.co.uk/about-us/history/
J W Boughton commissioned architect Frank Matcham to design the Kings Theatre, which was officially opened in 1907. the Kings Theatre Trust Ltd now hold responsibility for the building’s restoration and repair. As well as being known as the ‘Best Restored Building’ by the Portsmouth Society’s Annual Design Awards, The King’s Theatre is also famous for its many ghostly sightings in the maze of staircases and halls.
Winchester Cathedral
Image by John Brown from Pixabay
The impressive dominance and atmosphere of Winchester Cathedral makes it no surprise that ghostly sightings have been seen in this extensively remodelled, 554ft long building dating back to 1079. From a procession of Monks seen marching down aisles to disembodied chanting, the Cathedral is also the burial place of famous writers, old kings and Bishops who may also haunt this old building.
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