Basing House - Spooky Goings On
WARNING THIS POST HAS INFORMATION FROM BASING HOUSE GHOST TOUR SO IF YOU ARE INTENDING ON GOING TO THIS TOUR STOP READING NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. It is worth saying that the ghost tours at Basing House have been running for 8 or 9 years now and so they are well done. The Red Barn is the most recognisable place as it is the only building still standing and is used as a venue for all sorts of events, primarily weddings. Me and my Fiancée had been in the barn for a wedding fair only a few months before this tour. In 1642 the Parliamentarians located in Lychpit under the instruction of Oliver Cromwell were cannonading the Red Barn (later known as the Bloody Barn) as it was a strategic location, as it stored arms, munitions, food and animals. The location was of real value to the Royals who were holding it as well as the Parliamentarians who were looking to take it. They were aiming for the roof of the barn to break up the floors and kill as many people as possible. Eventually the Parl...