Loftus Hall is a 22-bedroom mansion in Ireland that dates back to the 1350’s and is located on the Hook Peninsula in Wexford. It is also rumoured to be one of the country’s most haunted mansions and has now officially been put up for sale.
One of the many legends attached to the mansion is the claim that the devil himself once visited the property for a card game with Lady Anne Tottenham. The legend states that the devil shot through the roof in a puff of smoke when one of his cloven hoof’s were spotted through his disguise. Lady Anne reportedly never recovered from her encounter and that the house became haunted after her death.
The front of Loftus Hall.
Over the years following her death, there has been a number of apparent sightings of her and claims that a poltergeist have caused disturbances.
The interior has a sombre atmosphere.
The castle was first built in 1170 by Raymond Lee Gros, who then changed his surname to Redmond to adopt an Irish identity, according to Lonely Planet. The mansion became known as Loftus Hall after it was gifted to the Loftus family as part of the Cromwellian conquest in 1350. The building that stands today has seen a number of renovations between 1872 and 1879, spearheaded by the fourth Marquess of Ely, John Wellington Graham Loftus.
A room inside the mansion.
These days, a number of people take special ‘haunted tours’ of the huge 27,124 square foot mansion. However, current owners Shane and Aidan Quigley have put the house, along with its private beach and 63 acres of land up for private sale with the asking price of €2.5 million (about R48,52 million), according to the Irish Times.
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