A stunning 18th century stately home is going up for sale for a bargain £5million - but buyers will have to be bold, because it is said to be cursed.
Three owners of the Brogyntyn Hall Estate, in Oswestry, Shropshire, have been killed in separate car crashes - as well as one committing suicide.
The aristocratic family who lived in the 17th-century house for more than 200 years were forced to sell the ancestral home after being crippled by debt.
Lord Harlech only inherited the building because his brother, Julian, committed suicide by shooting himself at the age of 33 in 1974.
The circumstances were particularly tragic as his father David Ormsby-Gore inherited the title when his brother died after his car veered off a road.
The troubled sixth Lord Harlech is Francis Ormsby-Gore, who has a history of drug and alcohol abuse and was sectioned in 2011.
At a court hearing that same year, his daughter Tallulah admitted a careless driving charge after being involved in yet another family car accident.
He divorced his model wife Amanda, muse to Karl Lagerfeld, after they had two children, Jasset and Tallulah. Amanda has since dated Ralph Fiennes.
Lord Harlech's mother Sissie was killed in a car crash when he was 13, and his father David died after another fatal smash in 1985.
David, the fifth Lord Harlech, was British Ambassador to the US from 1961 to 1965, and was a pallbearer at Robert F. Kennedy's funeral in 1968.
David’s daughter Alice was engaged to Eric Clapton, although they never married, and she died in poverty from a heroin overdose in 1995.
Another of David’s children, Jane, reportedly dated Mick Jagger. The 1966 Rolling Stones song Lady Jane is said to have been written about her.
Write up nicked from ethiogrio.
Visited with another member who does not post.
Recent visit, they are knocking down one wing and hopefully restoring the rest. No outside pics as was covered in scaffolding.
Enjoy the pics.
1617 fireplace
Drawing room
Study
]
Original library with false door
Only bit of art left.
New library.
Hope you enjoyed.
Three owners of the Brogyntyn Hall Estate, in Oswestry, Shropshire, have been killed in separate car crashes - as well as one committing suicide.
The aristocratic family who lived in the 17th-century house for more than 200 years were forced to sell the ancestral home after being crippled by debt.
Lord Harlech only inherited the building because his brother, Julian, committed suicide by shooting himself at the age of 33 in 1974.
The circumstances were particularly tragic as his father David Ormsby-Gore inherited the title when his brother died after his car veered off a road.
The troubled sixth Lord Harlech is Francis Ormsby-Gore, who has a history of drug and alcohol abuse and was sectioned in 2011.
At a court hearing that same year, his daughter Tallulah admitted a careless driving charge after being involved in yet another family car accident.
He divorced his model wife Amanda, muse to Karl Lagerfeld, after they had two children, Jasset and Tallulah. Amanda has since dated Ralph Fiennes.
Lord Harlech's mother Sissie was killed in a car crash when he was 13, and his father David died after another fatal smash in 1985.
David, the fifth Lord Harlech, was British Ambassador to the US from 1961 to 1965, and was a pallbearer at Robert F. Kennedy's funeral in 1968.
David’s daughter Alice was engaged to Eric Clapton, although they never married, and she died in poverty from a heroin overdose in 1995.
Another of David’s children, Jane, reportedly dated Mick Jagger. The 1966 Rolling Stones song Lady Jane is said to have been written about her.
Write up nicked from ethiogrio.
Visited with another member who does not post.
Recent visit, they are knocking down one wing and hopefully restoring the rest. No outside pics as was covered in scaffolding.
Enjoy the pics.
1617 fireplace
Drawing room
Study
]Original library with false door
Only bit of art left.
New library.
Hope you enjoyed.
