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Post by Spooky on Dec 9, 2005 11:56:20 GMT
Supposed to be a good site this one.
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Post by jules on Dec 9, 2005 14:12:10 GMT
where is it and what sort of place is it
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Post by Spooky on Dec 15, 2005 14:34:58 GMT
Long answer:
George Prescott MP bought the Theobalds estate in 1762 and constructed the main house we see today. It originally comprised of the central five-bay block and lower wings either side, with forward-curving colonnades linking to small single-storey blocks at each end. All was in red brick and white stone dressings and green slate roofs. The main internal feature is the entrance hall with ornamental arches, Etruscan painted ceiling and curved staircase with iron railings. The room opposite the front is paneled with Jacobean woodwork brought in from elsewhere and there are several noteworthy molded and plastered ceilings.
The Meux family (London Brewers) leased the property in about 1820 and later purchased the freehold. The added the Italianate tower and domestic quarters at the south end in the 1880’s and the ballroom wing at the north end was built in 1912.
The last private owner was Admiral of the Fleet Sir Hedworth Meux, who died in 1929. The house was then a hotel before being bought by Middlesex County Council in 1938. Occupied by the Army during WW II, it then became a secondary school between 1951 and 1969. The London Borough of Enfield, as successors to MCC as education authority, used it as a college from 1973 to 1989. In the early 1990’s it was thoroughly and expertly restored and sold to Initial Style Conferences.
Over the centuries strange and unexplained occurrences have happened throughout the estate inside and out. Lady Meux was a collector of antiques and purchased an Egyptian mummy in a coffin. Inscribed on the coffin was any person that moved the mummy would die a childless death. Those people that did move it - did die a childless death! The mummy was sold to a gentleman abroad and was sent on the Titanic overseas, however as the titanic sunk so did the mummy!
Over the house and in many of the rooms visitors have felt a presence keeping a watchful eye on them. Phantom footsteps with no owner is also a phenomena heard around the Carpenters Lounge and lobby areas. Also, a spectre of a woman has been seen wandering down the main staircase, some say that this is the spirit of Lady Meux.
More sinister happenings have been reported around room 107 and the adjoining hallway. Objects have been known to jump out of peoples hands of their own accord and a security guard one night felt a hand grab his shoulder whilst in this hallway, there was no one there...
Other bedrooms have strange happenings too. Bedrooms- 215 & 216, apparitions have been seen by independent people staying in either of these rooms. One lady was laying in bed with the lamp on and saw her clothes being moved across the floor. Bedroom 221, staff say to be the MOST HAUNTED BEDROOM! People have felt very uneasy in this bedroom and have asked to be moved! People have felt there bedding being pulled off them and male whispering has been heard. Most of the staff do not like being in this room alone! In the hallway of these three rooms, Managers and Security guards radios play up. One time the Manager was told 4 times to leave the area one night, but nobody radioed him! Perhaps this is a good place for an EVP experiment?
One interesting link to the estate is the Temple Bar monument. On the road out of the estate - Temple bar (one of the old gateways into London) was moved here some years ago, it was known as the Traitors Gate and it is said that the highway men of this time were beheaded and the heads were stuck onto stakes next to Temple Bar.
One of the members of staff felt someone is her car with her when driving past the monument, she looked in her mirror and saw the outline of a person sat in the back, when she got home she got out of the car and was pushed by someone walking down her pathway, when she turned to see who it was, no one was there.
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Post by Spooky on Dec 15, 2005 14:36:12 GMT
Short Answer:
Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
;D
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Post by Spooky on Nov 19, 2006 17:35:50 GMT
Sam volunteered to lay on the bed where Stewart was seeing a negative energy called Francis. The energy was playing around when Stewart tells Francis to stop messing about. Watch this clip, what do you make of the light coming from Sams chest? www.ghosthaunted.com/downloads/theobaldspark191106.wmv
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