Loftus Hall Mansion: There is a Mansion in the Republic of Ireland which, according to the legendis linked to a malignant entity: nothing more and nothing less than the Devil. Located precisely on the Hook Peninsula, Loftus Hall earned the title of the «most haunted» of the country by the myth that house their walls. and the alleged appearances of ghosts Y spirits During the last years. Currently, the property is for sale. There will be interested to be encouraged to acquire it?
The 2,520-square-meter building has 22 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms. The British Aidan Quigley, a fan of the place since he was a child, bought the house in 2011 according to what he told the news portal Insider.
A year later, and after renovating it, he opened it to the public by first time in decades. Thousands of Tourists, attracted by history they visited the facilities from 2012 until the 2020, year in which hill Their doors.
history of the mansion
In 1170the norman knight Raymond «LeGros» (Fat) FitzGerald built a castle in the area, reported the official website of the mansion. «Le Gros» changed his last name to adopt a identity irish: chose Redmond.
His descendants, the Redmonds, built a new building in 1350, during the Black Death, to replace the castle: it was known as Redmond Hall.
The building remained in the hands of the Redmonds until the years 1650when it was acquired by the family Loftusowners of plantationsas part of the conquest of ireland. In 1666became the official residence of Henry Loftus and the site was named Loftus Hall.
How much is Loftus Hall?
sold for 2.65 million of eurosapprox. $3.2 million to the official change of May 13.
«The magnificent entrancewhich leads to the front door, its gardens really captivatingthe stone building, the excellent parking, the private beach and the multipurpose land top quality… the house base its value in all this questions and also enjoys views matchless”, they said from the auction agency Keane Auctioneerswhich is responsible for the sale of the property, cited by the same means.
“Although it needs extensive reform, it maintains some of its Unique featureslike the remarkable staircase hand carvedthe magnificent chimneys and the characteristics unique architectural (all with their own stories and legendary tales), to name just a few,” they added.
paranormal story
The Loftus mansion is known as one of the most haunted houses in the world, since the presence of the devil and the ghost of a woman who wanders between its rooms has been detected. The history of the paranormal events attributed to the mansion begins in the year 1866, when the salaryman Charles Tottenham and his family were left in charge of taking care of the house, because the Loftus family had to be absent for business reasons.
One day, in the midst of a severe storm, a ship suddenly appeared on the Hook Peninsula, a short distance from Loftus Hall. A young man from the ship’s crew arrived at the house and met Anna, Charles’s daughter, the young people became very good friends.
One night, the family and the guest were playing cards in the card room. During a game, while dealing the visitor, each player received three cards except Anna, who only had two. The butler was going to ask the man why he only gave the girl two letters, when she Anna bent down to pick up the missing letter from the floor. It is said that when the girl crouched down, she observed under the table that the man only had one foot and the other seemed to have the shape of an animal’s hoof.
Anna got up and yelled at the stranger who had a cloven hoof. Immediately, the man got up and escaped from the place by making a hole in the ceiling. The young woman fell ill with shock and her mind began to atrophy. It is said that the Tottenham couple locked the girl in a room so that she would not embarrass them with her madness, this room is known as the «Tapestry Room».
The unhappy girl stopped eating when she was locked up, and she could only be seen sitting with her knees on her chin, looking at the sea through the window, with a lost look, as if she were waiting for the return of the young man who had impressed her. . Ella anna ella remained that way until her death in 1675. Legend has it that when she died, her body became so rigid that it was impossible to stretch her, so they had to bury her in the same position.
The hole that the ship’s crew made in the roof of the mansion was not properly repaired. It is believed that through that same hole the strange man with the hoof entered the house many times causing terror with different paranormal events. The house had to be exorcised, but the ghostly apparitions did not end.
Later, sightings began to be reported of a strange woman walking the halls of Loftus Hall and making her way to the «Tapestry Room,» where she disappears after looking out the window. It is believed that it is the ghost of Anna Tottenham and today, witnesses have claimed to have seen her during the historical tours that take place in the building.