Ghosts of Woodchester Mansion

Woodchester Mansion in Gloucestershire near Stroud , England is a victorian gothic house which was abandoned in 1868 during construction. The owner, a freemason called William Leigh, ran out of money and then died. But nobody seemed too keen to step into his shoes and finish building this grand project. Indeed, it seems the builders did not even want to return for their tools which can still be seen to this day. The mansion is built on land which has a very long history and it is reputed to be extremely haunted !

Thankyou to Catherine for the use of her wonderful Woodchester photo - Please visit her here http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19047153

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• wooodchester
• mansion
• ghosts
• history
• hauntings
• victorian
• ww2
• soldiers
• gloucestershire
• haunted

[billycassion]

ENGLAND HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MANOR HOUSES I EVER SEEN :))

[PennyTraition]

'Woodchester Mansion', near Stroud, Gloucester! (also the home of the charity A.S.S.A.P., Happy 30th Birthday!) of course...

I could watch this forever...The part about the deaths of the twenty drowned GIs is particularly interesting...It is indeed absolutely beautiful;the Mansion sits in a deep valley prone to 'cold ponding'... pockets of cold, damp air becoming trapped,causing dramatic temperature falls..Could this be what sends a chill up visitors' spines? Reminds me of Bamburgh Castle!

[CitrineVlogging]

@billycassion this is far in the country side, i live in britian and have only seen a building like that a couple of times in my life.

[HiddenRoom1974]

Just like (Jetaris) as soon as i started to watch this video, the old couch right behind me started to creak and pop, so i sat my dog there , lol..

[HiddenRoom1974]

@jetaris This happened to me also, so i got my dog and made him sit right behind me.

[anythinggoodforme]

@Steeleperfect

I agree with you. I have visited this house more than once years back and it always felt welcoming and safe. It is interesting to see the tools left as they were 100 years ago.

[Steeleperfect]

Woodchester's reputation is actually a myth. The builders did not flee in terror, leaving their tools. The work stopped because the owner decided he didn't want to go on paying for it. It was standard practice at the time to leave tools at a site where work might be restarted in the future. There is no record of a haunting at Woodchester prior to the interest in ghost hunting, when suddenly a host of stories were invented for tourism purposes. Woodchester continues to make money from them.

[mrmarcus12t5]

@billycassion thank you! lol cus i live in england

[jetaris]

when i start to see this, my room beggining to make sounds.. hoho..

[MolotoveCocktease]

I want that house...