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Haunted Footsteps, extreme ghost hunts and local legends THIS POST IS ABOUT TUDOR HOUSE!

Hello everyone i'm back to give you your two hair-raisingly haunting updates a week my apologies for the delay in updates. i'm in my last year of college and off to UNI next year so I am being rushed off my feet for applications and interviews! Now for the first post I will be doing well...I decided to do a local haunted place which is Tudor house.

Just some background info...right here...

This building may look like any other old house in Southampton however did you know that this old house has over 800 years of history? Tudor house is centred in the heart of the Old Town. as you can see the building is made from timber-frames and is facing St Michael's Square. This part of the old town was built in the late 15th century, with King John's Palace, an adjacent Norman house accessible from Tudor House Garden the history of the place dates even further back 300 years.

Tudor house has many fascinating and beautiful places to visit with in for example why not take a look at the gardens out the back full of flowers and a lovely view of the garden you can capture treasured memories that were spent there by the previous historical owners of Tudor house. You can even hire out Tudor House for weddings what an incredible place to have a wedding and also can you imagine the history and memories from others who have enjoyed there experiences in the foundation of Tudor House which still resides in the walls after hundreds of years of events. 

Quick facts....

• Tudor houses were built during the Tudor era in England between 1485 - 1603 and they had a very distinctive black-and-white style appearance. 
• The majority of homes in Tudor times were half timbered. This means that they had a wooden frame and the spaces between were filled with small stick and wet clay. This was called wattle and daub.
• did you know? that in tudor times when people moved houses they took the glass from the windows with them. This is because glass was expensive during the late 15th century, and since only a few people could afford to buy it, they would take it with them when they moved.
• you would have thought during the Tudor Era they would have comfortable chairs and furniture however they is not entirely true instead of chairs, people would sit on wooden benches or stools. how comfortable? not...

Now lets talk about the hauntings....

"One of Southampton’s most haunted locations, the Tudor House has many reported hauntings. A lot of reports have come from staff and members of the public, who have seen, heard, and felt a presence in the Green Room. Dogs refuse to enter this room as apparitions are regularly witnessed.Dark ominous figures have been seen all around the house and a presence is felt throughout. The Georgian room on the upper floors has had people reporting to be touched and orbs have been seen on visitors cameras.Unexplained footsteps and bangs which cannot be located have been heard regularly." - Haunted Rooms (2016)

Being a local in Southampton i've already visited the house. When I first visited the house I was the great age of 11 bearing in mind by that time I had already had my first ghostly experience and it was not a very nice one (will write about this in another post, in greater detail). you know with many historical building when they do tours they all have the rooms with tricks, lights and projectors which at that age was great fun. However i did have an experience in what they called the green room because of my age I didn't even own a camera let alone a phone so there is not proof or evidence of my experience at tudor house. The experience follows like this it was me, my brother and grandparents we decided to visit the house about midday as thats was when it was less busy as the rooms were small and getting a wheelchair in and out of small rooms and along narrow halls/corridors wasn't very easy. Anyway As we wondered around the rooms listening to the voice and watching the projectors work there magic we came across the green room. This room was well known for its hauntings however we didn't know that until we got home. we went into the room and it was extremely quiet almost too quiet. Thats when we heard the unexplained footsteps. Me, my grandparents and brother were all stood still at the time. I knew I wasn't the only one who heard them either as we all stared at each other in wonder when they started. They lasted for about a minute before they completely stopped. After they had stopped we asked one of the actors who were dressed up wether anyone other then us on the first floor. guess what..they said "no" to our surprise they had stopped the tours for lunch and we were the last ones upstairs before they started the new tours up at 1:00. my grandparents were freaked out by this and we decided to leave. when I got home I searched up Tudor house online to find a paranormal group who had done an investigation in 2004 and heres what they said...

" The first room we decided to investigate was the green room, on the first floor of the house where apparitions had been seen and Dogs had refused to enter."- Andrew House 2004 

I couldn't believe it. 

When your next in Southampton and haven't already why not check out Tudor House. They do incredible ghost hunts and tours also here are some of peoples experiences.  

As my first event, I liked the way we eased into it, history of location, what we might expect and how to use and understand equipment. Pressure was felt as pushing at lower back and also extreme cold and slight headache. The team were very professional and were helpful and answered all questions, good knowledge too. -Chris & Tracey Kennedy (2016)

 links 

http://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/product/tudor-house-museum

http://www.bbc.co.uk/southampton/features/ghosts/tudor_house.shtml