Dunham Massey Hall, a Georgian country house in a 250-acre deer park, has been associated with reported hauntings since it opened to the public in the 1980s. The oldest tradition concerns an architect said to have fallen or been pushed from the roof during construction of an earlier building on the site, whose ghost is reported to wander the grounds and corridors.
In the 1980s, a visiting psychic described hearing voices throughout the house and seeing a Victorian gentleman on the grand staircase who beckoned to her.
The Oak Room on the first floor is consistently described as the most atmospheric, with staff and overnight guests reporting cold presences, impressions on the bed covers, and on two occasions waking unable to move their limbs. A ceremonial shield was reported to have launched itself across Lord Stamford’s study despite being fixed to the wall.
Voices, footsteps, and laughter have been reported in various parts of the building and in the housekeeper’s flat in the courtyard.
