50 Berkeley Square London. The four-storey brick town house was constructed in the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century
50 Berkeley Square London. The four-storey brick town house was constructed in the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century. From 1770 to 1827 it was the home of British Prime Minister George Canning, commemorated by a plaque on the house today. The Viscount Bearsted, who rented the property to one Mr Myers, then bought the house. It was later bought by BP. Legend varies, but mostly states that the attic room of the house is haunted by a spirit of a young woman who committed suicide there. She purportedly threw herself from the top floor windows after being abused by her uncle; and is said to be capable of frightening people to death. The spirit is said to take the form of a brown mist; though sometimes it is reported as a white figure. A rarer version of the tale is that a young man was locked in the attic room, fed only through a hole in the door, until he eventually went mad and died. One story states that the attic room is haunted by the ghost of little girl that was killed by a sadistic servant in that room. At least two deaths were attributed to the house in the Victorian Era after people spent the night in the room. George Canning, who claimed to have heard strange noises and have experienced psychic phenomena whilst living there, reported the first ghostly happenings. After George Canning's residency in 1885, a Mr. Myers, who had recently been jilted by his fiancee, bought the house. It was said that he would lock himself in the attic room and slowly went mad over the rest of his life. During his stay at the house, it fell into gross disrepair and it is during this time that its reputation began to build. As a bet, in 1872, Lord Lyttleton stayed a night in the building's attic. He brought his shotgun with him, and during the night fired at an apparition.
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