Borley Rectory, Gothic Revival building in Borley, England
Borley Rectory was a large Gothic Revival structure built in 1862 that featured 32 rooms spread across four floors and covered approximately 7,500 square feet (697 square meters) of living space.
Constructed in 1862 to replace an earlier rectory destroyed by fire in 1841, the building gained widespread attention after reports of unexplained phenomena led to investigations by paranormal researcher Harry Price during the 1920s and 1930s.
The rectory became famous as one of England's most discussed haunted locations, inspiring numerous books, documentaries, and films that examine the reports of ghostly apparitions and mysterious occurrences documented by residents and investigators.
The building was severely damaged by fire in 1939 and demolished in 1944, leaving only the site accessible to visitors interested in its history and paranormal folklore at coordinates approximately 52.0546° North and 0.6942° East.
Later investigations revealed that many supernatural claims were fabricated or exaggerated, with Marianne Foyster, a former resident, admitting she created some incidents as practical jokes and no historical evidence supporting the monastery legend associated with the site.
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