Lanhydrock Ghost Research

After the success of the Lanhydrock photo shoot, this inspired to me to write an article based on this photo shoot. Whilst researching Lanhydrock House, I discovered that it has been linked to being haunted, and as can be seen in the screenshot below, it has been listed as one of the National Trust's 'top ten haunted hotspots'. 

Throughout my research, I have found that there have been reports of 'a grey lady'. ' a man supposedly hanged by by the Royalist Army during the Civil War', and accounts of 'sudden whiffs of cigar smoke' as well as 'children laughing', particularly in the Nursery Suite. (taken from https://www.visitbritain.com/gb/en/thrills-and-chills-top-5-most-haunted-national-trust#8dmu8Q7ioIpC1gt4.97)

I also found out that the Long Gallery and the Drawing Room were the only parts of the original house that still stand, after a devastating fire occurred in 1881. (Source: http://www.hauntedisland.co.uk/huanted-houses/lanhydrock-house-cornwall)

Additionally, it has been suggested that the 'grey lady' is rumoured to be Lady Robarte's, who survived the fire of 1881 but died of shock a few days later. It is also said that the Smoking Room is haunted by her husband, Thomas James Robarte's, who died one year after his wife from a broken heart. Their only son, Thomas Charles Robarte's, has the task of restoring the house, and he also restored the chapel in memory of his parents. 

In July 2004 the Paranormal Society was invited to spend a night at Lanhydrock House in order to find out whether the house is actually haunted. They found the ghost of a young girl giggling in the Nursery Room, the figure of a male ghost on the grounds and the sound of a heavy table/chair being dragged across the floor in the Long Gallery. They also made contact with a maidservant called Elizabeth Hargreaves, who said she had fallen down the stairs in 1823. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pkitt/7034167203)