Have you won the lottery and do you want to become the proud owner of a house with 97 windows and at least one ghost? Then you should consider Loftus Hall!
Horror tales are all the more creepy when you associate them with a real place. So it's no wonder that Loftus Hall on the Irish peninsula of Hook has been visited for many years by dark tourists, people who have a heart for the mystical. Because the stately villa is almost certainly home to a ghost - if you want to believe the old fairy tales. In any case, the building will now change hands, reports the Irish Times.
The house with 97 windows can be purchased for 2.5 million euros. It's right on the coast, has 22 bedrooms, and has hosted several film and television crews. In 2017 the horror film "The Lodgers" was shot in Loftus Hall. And before that, in 2015, the house had appeared in the media after a special episode of the American ghost show "Ghost Adventures" was broadcast.
Sure, we often associate old, run-down villas with a dark past. But Loftus Hall actually looks quite harmless in daylight and, thanks to the countless windows, should also be flooded with light and appear inviting inside. But the legends surrounding the property go back to the 18th century, which is why fiction (or is it truth?) Can no longer be separated from the house.
In 1766 Lord Tottenham married a certain Anne Loftus. The two of them lived in the house with their daughter, also Anne. There are many variations of the story, but each version takes place on a dark, stormy night. Father and daughter are said to have been playing cards with a stranger for hours when a card - in other versions also a ring - fell down young Anne. When she bent down to pick up the lost item, she saw that the stranger had hooves instead of feet. She screamed and the man dissolved in clouds of smoke.
After numerous changes of ownership and the attempt to turn the house into a hotel, the brothers Aidan and Shane Quigley now own Loftus Hall. They, in turn, don't sell it because they're afraid of the ghost, but because they couldn't raise the funds for a decent renovation. "If I had known how much work you have to put into the house, I would not have bought it back then," said Aidan in an interview. However, it is very important for the entrepreneur and trained restorer to restore Loftus Hall to its former glory: "I will not just sell it to anyone. I will interview potential buyers. If, for example, an American owner wants to live here, I would like to go with him work together to restore it."
