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​​​​A delightful manor house which belonged to the Stanford family for over 200 years and which still has the atmosphere of an Edwardian country house. Collections of their furniture are on show including ceramics, glass, silver and clocks and also the Macquoid Bequest of fine English and continental furniture and decorative art. The servants' quarters and hall, butlers' pantry, boot hall, kitchen, head housemaids' and personal maids' rooms can all be seen, together with a period walled garden and family pets' graveyard..

Preston Manor is currently hosting Clue Company - an interactive escape room -  Click here for more info

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Guide prices.

Preston Manor is currently closed to the general public but is open for special events and pre-booked school groups

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• Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors
• Guide Dogs Permitted
• Parking Areas for Disabled Visitors
• Wheelchair user accessible - Basement and ground floor only.
• Picnic area - next to Preston Park
• Picnic Site

Establishment Features

• All weather attraction
• Garden / Grounds for visitors use
• Groups by arrangement
• LGBT Friendly
• Licensed for weddings & ceremonies
• Marquee Space Available

Languages spoken

• French spoken

Parking & Transport

• On site parking
• Parking (free)

Payment Methods

• Approx length of visit - 1 hour
• Delta accepted
• Diners Club accepted
• Groups Accepted - Large groups can be accepted if divided.
• JCB accepted
• Maestro Accepted
• MasterCard accepted
• Max group size - 50
• Min group size - 20
• Open by appointment outside normal opening times
• Solo accepted
• Special group rates
• Sterling Travellers Cheques accepted
• Visa accepted

Provider Preferences

• In town/city centre
• Indoor Attraction
• No Smoking Attraction

Specialist Features

• Marketed Towards Children
• Marketed Towards Families
• Marketed Towards Senior Citizens
• Marketed towards student/youth

Tours and Demonstrations

• Educational Visits Accepted
• Guided Tours Available for Groups - open for pre-booked group visits all year

Travel & Trade

• Group discounts available

Opening Times

* Preston Manor is currently closed to the general public but is open for special events and pre-booked school groups

Access Information

Attraction entrance, ticket / information / gift shop [where applicable], access to public areas (displays, exhibits, rides etc).

This information is self-assessed; therefore we accept no liability for its accuracy. Please contact the venue for further information.

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You are here: Things To Do > Preston Manor & Gardens

Preston Manor & Gardens

Brighton and Hove

Type: Historic House / Palace

Tel: +44 (0)3000 290900

​​​​A delightful manor house which belonged to the Stanford family for over 200 years and which still has the atmosphere of an Edwardian country house. Collections of their furniture are on show including ceramics, glass, silver and clocks and also the Macquoid Bequest of fine English and continental furniture and decorative art. The servants' quarters and hall, butlers' pantry, boot hall, kitchen, head housemaids' and personal maids' rooms can all be seen, together with a period walled garden and family pets' graveyard..

Preston Manor is currently hosting Clue Company - an interactive escape room -  Click here for more info

Book Tickets

Guide prices.

Preston Manor is currently closed to the general public but is open for special events and pre-booked school groups

Accessibility

• Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors
• Guide Dogs Permitted
• Parking Areas for Disabled Visitors
• Wheelchair user accessible - Basement and ground floor only.
• Picnic area - next to Preston Park
• Picnic Site

Establishment Features

• All weather attraction
• Garden / Grounds for visitors use
• Groups by arrangement
• LGBT Friendly
• Licensed for weddings & ceremonies
• Marquee Space Available

Languages spoken

• French spoken

Parking & Transport

• On site parking
• Parking (free)

Payment Methods

• Approx length of visit - 1 hour
• Delta accepted
• Diners Club accepted
• Groups Accepted - Large groups can be accepted if divided.
• JCB accepted
• Maestro Accepted
• MasterCard accepted
• Max group size - 50
• Min group size - 20
• Open by appointment outside normal opening times
• Solo accepted
• Special group rates
• Sterling Travellers Cheques accepted
• Visa accepted

Provider Preferences

• In town/city centre
• Indoor Attraction
• No Smoking Attraction

Specialist Features

• Marketed Towards Children
• Marketed Towards Families
• Marketed Towards Senior Citizens
• Marketed towards student/youth

Tours and Demonstrations

• Educational Visits Accepted
• Guided Tours Available for Groups - open for pre-booked group visits all year

Travel & Trade

• Group discounts available

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Map & directions.

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Road Directions

Nearest major road is A23. Located just off the A23 London Road. Signposted.

Public Transport Directions

Nearest station is Preston Park. Turn left out of station and continue to Preston village. Signposted.

Opening Times

* Preston Manor is currently closed to the general public but is open for special events and pre-booked school groups

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NOTE: Preston Manor is not accepting new applications until further notice.

Visitation for Preston Manor - UPDATE

As of Tuesday, March 5th, 2024, visiting hours are from 9am to 8pm every day.

AND A GENTLE REMINDER : Please do not visit if you are ill. Thank you!

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Currently the numbers Covid 19 Infections in the community are on the rise. Administration has discussed at length ways to safely manage Visitation requirements and have decided it best that residents, friends and family visit in a designated visiting area. This will allow visits to be supervised and sanitation requirement can be adhered to. Please be advised there is a camera in the visiting room without sound to provide supervision.

Food and drinks are not allowed at the visits!

All visitors must call before coming to visit and they must screen upon entrance to the building. If residents go out with a family member they must sign the resident out and then back in and are required to be screened prior to taking the resident out. Please do not just drop a resident off and leave without signing them back in!

Any exceptions to the visitation policy must be discussed in advance with the Administrator, Cindy Brown to ensure compliance with all requirements at 607-334-9428. Please call you may leave a message and she will return your call as soon as is possible.

If you have questions or want to make any changes the staff are not allowed to make changes without the direction of the Administrator, we appreciate your assistance to enable us to keep everyone safe.

• Call 607.334.8197 to schedule visit.
• Get screened upon arrival which includes temperature, complete visitation sheet and don mask provided by Preston Manor.
• Supervised visit in visitation area - DOH required - supervision is on camera (no voice)
• If going out, masks are required. Sign out and back in. We are asking outings be limited to avoid exposure. Upon return from an outing residents must be signed in, wash up and change clothing.

Attention staff: No visitors when beautician is in. Please schedule accordingly.

Zoom meetings are still available 7 days per week. Please send requests to either:       [email protected] or       [email protected]

About Preston Manor

"Personalized Care in a Home-like Atmosphere"

Preston Manor is a New York State licensed home for adults operated by the Chenango County Department of Social Services. Preston Manor is located in a country setting, seven miles west of Norwich and Oxford, New York on County Road 4. Dedication to Personalized Care We are devoted to the care of people and provide personalized care in a home-like atmosphere to each individual. Preston Manor can accommodate 48 residents who are ambulatory and do not require nursing care, but who may require assistance or supervision. Rooms are private or semi-private located on two floors with no elevator. Services Available Preston Manor provides a safe, secure home with a dedicated and caring staff offering a wide range of services:

• Personal care, assistance with bathing, dressing and grooming
• Housekeeping, laundry services, barber and beautician services, and social activities
• Transportation to medical appointments, shopping, and community events
• Three nutritious home cooked meals and snacks tailored to each person's dietary needs are served each day
• Emergency personnel are nearby and a hospital and physicians are 7 miles away
• Religious services on site
• Pet therapy
• Medication assistance
• Public transportation for those able to come and go independently

Home-Like Atmosphere Although rooms are furnished, residents are welcome to bring appropriate personal furnishings. Residents are encouraged to take part in activities and community events. Preston Manor offers an activities program. Resident Council is held monthly to discuss and plan activities, menus, to voice concerns, and to make suggestions for improvements.

Resident Council also helps to ensure that policies, procedures, and activities meet the needs of those who live here. If you can no longer live alone or do not wish to live alone, we invite you to consider Preston Manor. We invite you to call, come and meet our staff and tour the facility. Visitors as well as family and friends of residents are always welcome. For further information or an appointment, call 607.334.9428 or write:

1150 County Road 4, Oxford, New York 13830 Phone: 607.334.9428

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Preston Manor and Gardens go beyond allowing visitors to learn about the opulence of the Edwardian era; the eloquent testimony to the lavish bygone era is an opportunity to live and breathe the aesthetic grandeur and cultural splendour.

The impeccably preserved Edwardian manor house whispers tales of yesteryears and allows visitors to vicariously experience the lavish parties held within the authentically adorned halls.

The grand chandeliers, intricate installations of woodwork and ornate furnishings all stand as a testament to the era when craftsmanship was king. Beyond the architecture and labyrinth of secret gardens, Preston Manor narrates the tales of the previous inhabitants, who imprinted their legacy within the extravagant walls.

History of Preston Manor

Preston Manor’s architectural history spans from the 1200s, with the manor itself built in the late 1700s, replacing a medieval lodging tied to the local Parish. Thomas Western , the first lord of the manor, incorporated the previous dwelling as the basement. In 1905, Charles Peach redesigned the manor, adding a servants’ wing, dining room, and a North-facing veranda, shaping its current form. Protected as a grade II-listed building , it houses period pieces from the 17th to 19th centuries, blending Georgian architecture with an Edwardian interior .

Known as one of Britain’s most haunted places , Preston Manor’s ghostly tales date to the 19th century. The woman in grey, frequently sighted, roams the boiler room, main staircase, and roof. A séance unveiled an excommunicated nun’s spirit buried in the grounds. Workers uncovered a skeleton in the unhallowed ground near the south terrace. Visitors have reported floating amputated arms and phantom children playing in the manor and gardens.

Gardens and Grounds

The Preston Manor walled gardens and grounds comprise romantically sweeping lawns, perfect for strolls in all seasons , secret doorways, carefully manicured fruit trees and flowerbeds, and a lily pond , all of which contribute to the traditional charm of the landscape.

Visitors are welcome to find a spot to relax, and children are free to play; although, you might want to find a space away from the pet graveyard, which is the final resting place of some famous felines, including two Brighton Council mousers, and George, the Pavilion Cat . On occasion, the croquet lawn is home to an outdoor cinema. The gardens have also hosted educational workshops, tours, and activities catering to children and adults, wedding receptions and other private functions, community events, such as concerts and open-air theatre performances, and ghost tours, especially close to Halloween . Other seasonal events held in the garden include summer and Easter fetes, designed to engage the local community, and celebrate the changing seasons.

Visitor Experience

Unfortunately, Preston Manor and Gardens are currently closed to members of the public, but the gates remain open for pre-booked school groups and special events . The gates will be opened for the Telling Tales , Talking Trails seminar and web app tour , which is being funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and will take place on Thursday, the 19th of October. This is a free-ticketed event, with limited places available. General visitors will also be welcomed into the manor on the 21st of October, from 9:30-12 (am). If you have always been enchanted by the tale of A Christmas Carol , you can meet the ghosts of the Christmas past in the manor on selected dates in December 2023. Tickets for the interactive experience are available from £26 per person.

Plan Your Visit

Preston Manor is two miles north of Brighton’s city centre; if travelling on foot , expect a 30-minute walk . Alternatively, you can catch a bus from North Street or outside the Royal Pavilion or hop on the train to Preston Park Station from Brighton train station.

Unless you are a blue badge-holder , you won’t find parking spaces outside the manor ; so make sure to research parking spaces before you travel.

Or you can call the booking team or email to book private tours or private events.

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Preston Manor

Preston Manor is a historic house in Preston Park north of Brighton city centre.

The manor has experienced a varied history that is believed to date back to the Saxon era (around the 9th or 10th century). At the time of the Domesday survey (1086) it belonged to the Diocese of Chichester and was rented out to private tenants until the Crown took possession of the manor following the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Around this time, it is said that Anne of Cleves (the fourth wife of Henry VIII) stayed at the house.

In the 17th century, it was home to Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet Shirley of Preston and by the early 18th century it was acquired by Thomas Western who set about renovating and expanding the property and most of what you see today is the result of this work.

By the end of the 18th century, the property was sold to William Stanford whose family became the richest in Sussex, and in the 19th century the family played an important role in the development of Brighton and Hove. The family eventually bequeathed the property to the city on the condition that it be preserved as a museum and it is now operated as a museum showing how the upper classes lived during the Edwardian era.

Preston Manor has a reputation as one of Britain’s most haunted houses, it has featured in an episode of Most Haunted and ghost tours are sometimes conducted here.

The manor is also the setting of the online murder mystery computer game, Murder in the Manor, which includes 360º panoramic views of the manor’s interior set out in the same manner that visitors are able to see it today.

What to see at Preston Manor

Preston Manor is a Grade II* listed building that is part of the 32.58 ha (80½ acre) Preston Village Conservation Area. The core buildings in this area are Preston Manor and the adjacent St Peter’s Church, which was built in the mid-13th century.

The manor is a two-storey building with a Palladian-style facade, which was popular during the Georgian period. From the exterior, the stucco-clad building is not as impressive as many other English manor houses but the interior, which is presented in the style of the Edwardian-era, is rather impressive.

Visitors to Preston Manor are able to visit four levels. On the ground floor, you can see the entrance hall, the Macquoid Room (in the former library), a morning room, the Cleves Room (a small sitting room featuring lavishly-designed gilt leather panels), a drawing room and dining room (which features Qing Dynasty Chinese vases and an impressive collection of 124 Buddhist lions). The first floor is reached via a significant staircase and there you can see several bedrooms. You can also visit the attic, which has a former maid’s workroom displayed as a nursery and you can see the Victorian-era servants’ quarters in the basement. In the basement, you can see remnants of an earlier 13th-century house (dating from 1250).

The garden between the manor and St Peter’s Church is reached by crossing a wooden bridge. The garden is divided into four sections: the 18th-century walled garden, the formal lawn, a sensory garden for the visually impaired and a garden with lily ponds. There is a pet cemetery at the southwestern corner of the garden, which is considered the only one in Sussex. The entire garden has been classified by English Heritage as a Garden of Historic Interest.

Visiting Preston Manor

Preston Manor is located at the northwestern corner of Preston Park, which is in the northern part of Brighton that most visitors don’t get the opportunity to see. It is around a half-hour walk north of central Brighton and local bus routes 5, 5A, 17, 40, 40X and 273 run regularly into the city centre. Free parking is available on site.

It is around a 12-minute walk from the Booth Museum of Natural History .

Admission costs £9 and the annual multi-attraction pass (which gives you combined entry to Preston Manor along with Brighton Museum and the Royal Pavilion ) costs £34.50.

Preston Manor is partially wheelchair accessible. There is access to the ground floor and the basement (which is accessible by lift) but the first floor and attic are only accessible via the staircase. Because this is a historic building, some doorways are too narrow for some electric wheelchairs; however, there are some manual wheelchairs available to use.

There is a small gift shop on site but there is no on-site cafe. However, neighbouring Preston Park has two cafes and there are plenty of places to eat and drink nearby on Preston Road.

Free Wi-Fi wireless internet access is available throughout the house.

You should allow 45 minutes to an hour to visit all the rooms and the garden of Preston Manor plus an additional hour to get here and to return to central Brighton.

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Preston Manor

Visit the Preston Manor website .

A delightful manor house, powerfully evoking the atmosphere of an Edwardian gentry home both 'upstairs' and 'downstairs'.

Explore over 20 rooms on four floors, from the superbly renovated servants' quarters in the basement to the attic bedrooms on the top floor.

Adjacent to Preston Park, the house also comprises picturesque walled gardens and a pets' cemetery. 

Preston Manor is regarded as the most haunted house in Brighton and featured in LIVINGtv's Most Haunted! in August 2006. For information about ghost tours at Preston Manor, phone 03000 290902.

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• 10am to 5pm - last admission 4:15pm
• 12:45 to 3:30pm - last admission 2:45pm

Please phone 03000 290 901 for group bookings.

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Preston Manor

Live large in preston manor – the only community of it’s kind in the frenship school district..

• Featuring  Lubbock’s premier builders with homes ranging from the high $200’s to 600’s.
• With some of Lubbock’s finest tennis courts, two outdoor pools, splash pad, outdoor fireplace and patios, boutique gym, locker rooms, and indoor meeting rooms available at the Club – for a modest annual assessment – you can easily see why Lubbock’s best-kept secret is the place to live.
• In addition, with Marsha Sharp nearing completion in Wolfforth and all of the fantastic new restaurants, retail, and entertainment options exploding in Southwest Lubbock, you are minutes away from where you want to be.
• Come visit us and you will see yourself living in Preston Manor.

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Preston Castle

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Photographer’s Day

Two Photographer’s Days available in 2024

• April 21, 2024
• August 11, 2024

This exclusive opportunity allows shutterbugs of all skill levels to capture the timeless beauty of this historic treasure. You’ll have unrestricted access to its unique architectural details, captivating textures, and picturesque surroundings.

• up to 40 participants
• Up to 3 sessions

Available for booking starting March 1st

• User Ages 18+

Public Paranormal Investigation Tours

Feel the hair on the back of your neck stand up as you experience unexplained phenomena, hear whispers from the past, and witness mysterious occurrences that defy explanation. Are you ready to confront the spirits that reside within the walls of Preston Castle?

• Hour Glass 4.5 Hours

PARANORMAL 101

Are you fascinated by the paranormal? Have you ever wished you could investigate a haunted location?

The Preston Castle Paranormal Team is hosting Paranormal 101 Night. This event is for the beginner ghost hunter, the skeptic and the curious.

• Tour Season runs April-Aug 2024
• Hour Glass 90 Min
• User All ages

Public Self Guided and Guided Tours

From the grandeur of its architectural details to the poignant tales of its past, every step reveals a new chapter of the castle’s captivating narrative. This is your chance to connect with the legacy of Preston Castle and create memories that will last a lifetime.

Engaging Experiences & Events at Preston Castle

• Hour Glass 3 Hours
• User Ages 21+
• Self-guided

Vines and Steins

Take a self-guided tour of historic Preston Castle located in beautiful Amador County. Enjoy sample pours of local wines and craft beers from commemorative glasses made just for the occasion. Tickets sell fast so don’t miss out!

• Free Admission
• Hour Glass 5 Hours

Colonial Craft Fair

Preston Castle’s Annual Spring Craft Fair is a family oriented event. This year the Craft Fair will be held in the Meadow of the Colonial. Food trucks, Ice Cream and Kettle Corn will be available for refreshment purchases.

Preston Castle Tours are available the same day as the craft fair. Go online March 1st to book your tickets.

Volunteer Opportunities

Whether you have a few hours a week, or just want to help out with a specific event, our volunteers are key to our success!

Consider providing a cash donation or purchasing a personalized brick that will be added to our new garden area.

Memberships

If you’d like to make a regular donation to the castle, consider purchasing a membership. Each level comes with unique perks!

What is Preston Castle?

Preston Castle was constructed in 1894 as the administration building for the Preston School of Industry, a reform school for boys. The Romanesque Revival style of architecture was to make the building look like a school rather than a prison.

The Castle opened in June 1894 and remained in use until 1960. In 1960 the State planned to demolish the building and from 1960-1968 a group of local women fought to keep it standing. Once the State agreed to not tear the building down they also said they would do nothing to keep it standing.

The building remained vacant and in disrepair until September 2001 when the Preston Castle Foundation leased the building from the State. And later, in 2014, the foundation was granted ownership of the Castle and 12.91 acres.

The Preston Castle Foundation’s mission is to preserve, rehabilitate and utilize the historic Preston Castle site as well as preserving the history of the school, its staff and boys.

Testimonials from Our Valued Visitors

I love Preston Castle and the amazing work the Foundation is doing to restore it. I attended the Preston Castle Haunt for the first time over the weekend and my husband and I had a blast! Well… if you can call having the crap scared out of you a “blast.” Pay the extra for the VIP line. It was worth it to spend less time in line… plus that’s extra money to their fundraising. Quality sets and props… nobody broke character… it was a waking nightmare in the best possible way! Don’t forget to check a regular guided tour through the castle in the daytime!

We took the tour and it was super interesting. The building these days is in pretty bad shape but they still let you see a lot of it and the back story is very interesting. I highly recommend the tour for any history or architecture buffs. It’s a very cool and interesting place. They also have special fundraising events like wine tastings and things so keep an eye out for those.

Preston Castle is a great place to visit. I love history and haunted places, so this didn't disappoint. There were a couple of rooms where I felt "energy". I can't imagine how creepy this place must be on Halloween. Took some amazing pictures here. The staff was friendly and made you feel that you can ask as many questions as you want. They offered us water with it being such a hot day. I can see why some movies and tv shows have been filmed here. Not sure if it would be a good place to bring little ones. I think it's best for teenagers and up.

A beautiful old Castle. It has a both great and greatly horrible history. All I'll say is that it's amazing what we used to do to treat the mistreated and troubled. Anyway... Many local wineries participated. Most were excellent. Food went very quickly. It was definitely a party experience.

Aside from the fact that Preston School of Industry (which is old corrections code for "prison") is an amazing piece of architecture, it also happens to be the best Haunted House around!!! Preston Castle started as a prison for juvenile's. Merle Haggard even spent some time there. The prison was closed and sat in disrepair for years. The hauntings associated with the Castle are easy to find as just about EVERY major paranormal TV show has frequented the building.

I investigated Preston Castle with the group, the Bay Area Ghost Hunters. Based on my experiences and the EVPs collected, I believe the place is haunted! Our group had the whole Castle to ourselves from 6 p.m. to 4 a.m. The docents were great guides. While the Castle is important historically, it is also an excellent place to investigate spirit activity. Others in my group reported seeing shadows and orbs; in the early evening we smelled a woman’s perfume around us several times as we toured the Castle–and no one was wearing anything with a scent! I am excited to review my digital recording to see if I captured anything. This is a definite Must-Go!

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Ambition | responsibility | excellence, a thriving all-through school in brent, making school memorable by striving for excellence, welcome to preston manor.

A very warm welcome to Preston Manor School's website.  Preston Manor School has been at the heart of the local community for over 85 years, and we are proud of many great achievements over those decades. We have high expectations of our students, and we aim to make school memorable for all.

Our website is designed to help you know and understand more about the school. It cannot, however, tell the whole story. Please contact the school via email [email protected] or telephone 020 8385 4040, and we will be happy to help.

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Visitor itineraries.

The Winchester Mystery House has 160 rooms including 40 bedrooms, 40 staircases, 13 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 10,000 window panes, 2,000 doors, 52 skylights, 47 fireplaces, three elevators, two basements and just one shower.  So, touring the bizarre mansion and grounds takes time. Don’t worry, we’re here to assist in planning your visit.

Vaccination Policy: as of 1/1/2022  All WMH employees must be fully vaccinated or provide a weekly negative COVID test. At this time in accordance with county guidelines guests are not required to be vaccinated, however our mask policy remains in place.

LIMITED ON TIME?

• 65 Minutes: The Mansion Tour includes 110 of the 160 rooms and showcases some of the most iconic areas of the mansion
• 15 Minutes: The Mansion Tour exits into the Mercantile Gift Shop, shop for souvenirs and purchase your photo with our partner, Mystery Pics.
• 15 Minutes:  Be sure to walk the Victorian Gardens on the Sarah Winchester Garden Tour.

GOT A FEW HOURS?

Those looking to explore even more of the beautiful but bizarre home of Sarah Winchester should book the Mansion Tour and spend more time in the gardens and gift shop.

• 20 Minutes: The Mansion Tour exits into the Mercantile Gift Shop, shop for souvenirs and purchase your photo with our partner, Mystery Pics.  Enjoy a variety of onsite activities including the vintage arcade games and Sarah’s Attic Shooting Gallery.
• 25 Minutes: Walk the Victorian Gardens on the Sarah Winchester Garden Tour.

WANT TO SPEND THE DAY WITH US?

For the ULTIMATE Winchester Mystery House experience we highly recommend taking both the Mansion Tour & Walk With Spirits Tour and adding Axe Throwing at the Stables.

• 30 Minutes: The Mansion Tour exits into the Mercantile Gift Shop, shop for souvenirs and purchase your photo with our partner, Mystery Pics.  Enjoy a variety of onsite activities including the vintage arcade games and Sarah’s Attic Shooting Gallery.
• 30 Minutes: Walk the Victorian Gardens on the Sarah Winchester Garden Tour.
• 30-60 Minutes: Reserve a 1 hour private session of  Axe Throwing At the Stables.

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Priority booking on all adult events for members and patrons from 25 March to 2 April. General release 3 April.

Friday 9 August 10.30am-4.30pm £5, under 12s & members free. All ages

Brighton’s Edwardian Manor house opens its doors on this special day for a chance to explore from grandeur to garret, to gardens and ghosts. Museum experts can answer your questions and explain the inspiration behind the new interactive Shadows of Empire experience.

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Take a look inside the famously creepy Winchester House, which has 160 rooms, staircases that lead to nowhere, and doors that open into walls

• The Winchester mansion in San Jose is a labyrinth, filled with staircases that lead to nowhere.
• It has 160 bedrooms, 40 staircases, 13 bathrooms, and 47 fireplaces. 
• Many believe Sarah Winchester built the home to confuse and trap evil spirits that haunted her.
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Sarah Lockwood Pardee grew up in Connecticut in the 1800s and eventually married into the wealthy Winchester family.

In 1839, Sarah Lockwood Pardee was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to a working-class family. During the Civil War, at age 23, she married William Winchester, the heir to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, a rifle company. 

"Winchester was quiet, which suited Sarah because she was very quiet herself," the home's historian, Janan Boehme, told Insider. "She was also a very tiny lady. She stood at about 4 feet 10 inches. She was a private person."

Over the next few decades, Sarah experienced several tragedies that would shape her life forever.

William and Sarah had one daughter, Annie, who died at just 6 weeks old. They never had any other children, and William died 15 years later from tuberculosis, in 1881 at age 43. William's fortune from the gun company was left to Sarah. 

In 1885, a widowed Sarah Winchester moved to California to start a new life in a farmhouse she built on 40 acres.

At the time, newspapers were filled with advertisements, luring people to move across the country and settle in the newly incorporated California. Winchester first lived in San Francisco, but the weather bothered her arthritis. Instead, she decided to buy 40 acres of land and build a small farmhouse in the Santa Clara Valley. 

Winchester quickly started to remodel the home to make it bigger so that her three sisters could move in with her.

According to Boehme, Winchester had a passion for remodeling and building homes after she helped construct one back in Connecticut. Boehme said the remodels were nothing but a passion project for Winchester. 

"It was something to keep her busy," Boehme said. "It helped her employ people and share her wealth that way. She just never really stopped building." 

But many think that Winchester's remodels had other, more eerie motives.

There are many conspiracy theories surrounding the mansion, but the most popular lore is that Winchester went to a spiritualist and learned that she was being haunted by spirits who died at the hands of the Winchester gun company. Because she was living off the gun company's fortune, the spiritualist told her to move to California and build a home that would appease and trap the ghosts who follow her. 

Boehme said there is no proof of that story, but Winchester did likely practice spiritualism.

"It was quite popular during and after the Civil War," she said. "Women had lost so many of their loved ones. They were looking for some way to communicate with them."

No matter the motive, Winchester remodeled her mansion nonstop for 38 years.

Although there are theories that the construction went on for 24 hours a day, Boehme said that is fiction. It is true, however, that the remodeling of the house went on for decades. Winchester would employ around 13 workers at a time. She was known for paying her workers well above the usual rate. Oftentimes, she would buy homes for her employees' families to live in while they worked on her home. 

Today, the house is not only known for its creepy history but also for its massive size.

Winchester spent $5.5 million on her 24,000-square-foot home, which has 160 bedrooms, 40 staircases, 13 bathrooms, and 47 fireplaces. There are a whopping 10,000 windows and 2,000 doors. Boehme said the house "grew organically." 

Odd design elements, like stairways that lead to nowhere, also make this house so well known.

Throughout the house, you can find staircases that lead to nowhere, doors that open onto walls, and rooms with windows on the floor. The bizarre design elements feed into the theory that Winchester was trying to trap and confuse the ghosts that haunted her, but Boehme said there's a more realistic explanation. Winchester designed the home with no blueprints and no formal design experience. These design oddities may have been mistakes or a simple change of mind. However, it is unclear to this day if these choices were deliberate or accidental. 

Despite the home's oddities, it's still a gorgeous example of Queen Anne Revival architecture.

The pointed spires, the wraparound porch, the shingles, and the elaborate columns are all popular features of a Queen Anne Revival, according to Boehme. 

In its heyday, the home stood seven-stories tall. Today, after the 1906 earthquake badly damaged it, it's just four levels.

The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 damaged the Winchester mansion all the way out in San Jose. After seeing the damage, Boehme said Winchester decided to remove the top few floors because it was too dangerous. 

Winchester restored most of the damage inflicted by the earthquake.

Most of the house still stands, and visitors can explore it today.

Visitors enter through the carriage room, which has large double doors.

Winchester wanted the carriage room to be covered with a roof so that she could get in and out of the house without ever getting wet by the rain. The room is also notable because there is a strange door that opens onto a wall and another door that is too small to walk through. 

Near the carriage room is an odd staircase that has 44 steps and seven turns ... just to get to the second floor.

While some believe this staircase was meant to confuse ghosts, Boehme said Winchester actually designed the smaller steps so that she could easily get upstairs with her arthritis. 

Upstairs is Winchester's elaborately designed master bedroom, which is where she died.

Boehme describes the room as "elegant" with embossed wallpaper that surrounds the space and elaborate furniture that fills the room. Although it's beautiful, there is a darker reason why this room is so famous. This is the room where Winchester died of heart failure in 1922, at age 82. 

Around the corner, you can find the first conservatory in the house.

Boehme said Winchester loved to make her home look and feel beautiful. She did that by adding some plants to the mansion, though it's unclear what kind she filled this space with. 

The conservatory leads into a space known as the Hall of Fires because there are seven heat sources for the small room.

The Hall of Fires is actually three small spaces that seem to have once been separated by curtains. Strangely, there are four fireplaces and three hot air vents in this space. Boehme said it's likely that Winchester used this space as a sauna to help ease her arthritis. 

Winchester loved other cultures, so a few bedrooms are Asian-inspired.

Winchester's niece lived in this room for 15 years until she got married in her 30s. 

The next stop in the house is the south conservatory, which is the room with the most windows.

There are windows on each of the four walls in this room, including on the ceiling and on the floor. This conservatory is down the hall from Winchester's bedroom. 

One of the best rooms in the older part of the house is the Venetian dining room.

After this conservatory, visitors pass from the newer part of the house to the older part, using a small set of stairs that once acted as exterior porch steps. The Venetian room is in this part of the house.

Overall, there are three dining rooms in the house and six kitchens. 

But the real showstopper in this part of the house is the decadent grand ballroom.

The ballroom is the biggest room in the house with the highest ceiling, reaching 12 feet. A fireplace mantle takes up most of one wall, while wood paneling covers most of the other walls. 

While the ballroom has only two stained-glass windows, the home itself is known for them, as Winchester was famously infatuated with them.

Winchester became known for her stained-glass windows. She commissioned most of these glass pieces in 1890. Boehme said the windows share similar motifs and similar glass, but they have different types of designs. The Daisy Bedroom has daisies in its stained-glass windows, for example. 

A portrait of Sarah Winchester hangs in one of the many rooms.

The house opened for tours just five months after she passed away.

Guests have also reported strange occurrences throughout the house.

Time magazine once named the Winchester house one of the most haunted places in the world. 

"Outside in the front gardens of the mansion, I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. It was what appeared to be a bushy-haired woman staring out of one of the windows on the second floor," a guest identified as N.R. told the Winchester Mystery House staff, per Boehme. "As soon as she saw me, she turned and walked away. I originally thought nothing of it, but a few weeks later I learned that when photos were taken with these specific second-floor windows, sometimes a bushy-haired woman had appeared in the background." 

Some say they've seen small orbs floating around the stables.

"After doing a behind the scenes tour that was being video recorded, we could see 'orbs' in the scene shot in the stables. That video is still accessible, and at one point you can actually see one of the orbs on my arm," a person identified as T.R. told the Winchester Mystery House staff. 

Others claim to have observed ghosts in the gardens.

"I was going to clock out for the day and on the way, I saw a small woman dressed in black near the picnic gardens. It put me a little on edge, so I hurried to clock out. On my route, back through the estate, the women was not there anymore. The woman looked like Mrs. Winchester," a person identified as N.B. told the Winchester Mystery House staff. 

Although historian Boehme said she has had similar paranormal experiences, she hopes people will understand that the Winchester history is more than just a ghost story.

Despite providing more realistic theories for Winchester's mysteries, Boehme admitted that she has heard her name whispered behind her back when no one else was in the room. However, she hopes people come to the house to learn more about how Winchester was a creative businesswoman.

"I'd like to think that [people] come to appreciate Sarah as more than just this eccentric, ghost-ridden, tragic figure," Boehme said. "She was actually a pretty interesting person, a smart lady, and she was good to her employees. She was never afraid of trying something new. She really was a good person."

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