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Thanks for the info Lisa, and for the link on St.Johns.
I was led to believe that the auction for this place took place a couple of weeks ago.
According to the Auctioneers website, it went to auction on the 23/11 but looks like it didn't sell 
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The house is now up for sale and appears on the RightMove website. Right Move
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 I would LOVE to buy this house. I wonder if it's haunted!!
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wish i could get rid of my house then i would love to buy this
no chance selling mine in the near future though no one can get a decent mortgage
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Has anyone arranged a viewing yet  I've been looking on Ancestry and the Jones family lived in the house from the early 1870's. They were still there in 1911 so i'm assuming MarieJane (would love to see the pics you mentioned you have of the house  ) is descended from this family.
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Hi,
In answer to your haunted question, I remember my Dad talking to Mrs Bird in the early eighties outside the house, she told us a story about a highwayman who, can't remember the reason, hanged himself in the kitchen. Apprently beneath the spot, in the flagstones on the floor was a mark of a horses hoof, stained red with what was supposed to be his blood. Mrs Bird said that however hard she scrubbed she couldn't get the stain to come off. Never sure if this was true or not, but would love to see the kitchen floor!
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Great story! Funny how blood never used to wash off anything in those days isn't it? Although I can't understand what his horse was doing in the kitchen anyway!
Wonder if the highwayman was the same one connected with the legend of 'The Boot' in Liscard?
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Did MJever get to post them?  YO! MARIEJANE, WHERES THOSE PHOTOS??????
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Yeah, there are about a million holes in the story! what WAS the horse doing in the kitchen? Making itself a brew?! Great story from Mrs bird though. I wanted to ask to see the mark, but was very young and didn't think it would be very polite!
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...maybe it was a clothes horse? Or perhaps the highwayman was eating whilst "on the hoof"??
Oh, well. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story, eh?!!
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Just to put everyone's mind at rest (hopefully) I am in the process of buying The Old House, and as an architect with a lifelong passion for historic buildings will be spending the next few years lovingly restoring it to something resembling its original beauty. Once I have possession of it I'll be very happy to welcome anyone who would like to see inside, or even to help with the work! It's been fascinating reading all the posts above and I look forward to more revelations about its history.
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Welcome, it's great that you are going to restore the house and I would love to come and look round once you have bought it.
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Just to put everyone's mind at rest (hopefully) I am in the process of buying The Old House, and as an architect with a lifelong passion for historic buildings will be spending the next few years lovingly restoring it to something resembling its original beauty. Once I have possession of it I'll be very happy to welcome anyone who would like to see inside, or even to help with the work! It's been fascinating reading all the posts above and I look forward to more revelations about its history. Great news
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