50 Berkeley Square is a town house within the famous Berkeley square in the West End of London in the City of Westminster
The four storey town house was constructed in 1740 and for a number of years was the home to British Prime Minister George Canning (between 1770-1827).
50 Berkeley Square has oft been dubbed as "the most haunted house in London". Currently occupied by antiquarian book sellers, Maggs Bros, the house has been the scene of many reported ghostly happenings, dating back to Victorian times. The current residents moved into 50 Berkeley Square in 1938. It was to be a lucky move, for their previous premises in Conduit Street were completely destroyed in the Blitz.
According to one legend, a little girl was killed by a sadistic servant in the nursery. Another one says that a young woman lived in the house with her evil uncle. She fell down dead when she tried to escape from a window. Since then the top floor is said to be haunted.
The experience: This is the most haunted house in the UK. Many people claimed that they heard strange noises. Ghosts and mists are seen and many mysterious things are happened.
The last name appearing in the London Directory as an occupier of the house is that of the Hon. Miss Curzon, who died in 1859 aged ninety, and from that date until 1880 the house had the external appearance of an unoccupied dwelling.
The late Lord Lyttelton having written to Notes and Queries in November 1872:
"It is quite true that there is a house in Berkeley Square (No. 50), said to be haunted, and long unoccupied on that account. There are strange stories about it, into which this deponent cannot enter."
The four storey town house was constructed in 1740 and for a number of years was the home to British Prime Minister George Canning (between 1770-1827).
50 Berkeley Square has oft been dubbed as "the most haunted house in London". Currently occupied by antiquarian book sellers, Maggs Bros, the house has been the scene of many reported ghostly happenings, dating back to Victorian times. The current residents moved into 50 Berkeley Square in 1938. It was to be a lucky move, for their previous premises in Conduit Street were completely destroyed in the Blitz.
According to one legend, a little girl was killed by a sadistic servant in the nursery. Another one says that a young woman lived in the house with her evil uncle. She fell down dead when she tried to escape from a window. Since then the top floor is said to be haunted.
The experience: This is the most haunted house in the UK. Many people claimed that they heard strange noises. Ghosts and mists are seen and many mysterious things are happened.
The last name appearing in the London Directory as an occupier of the house is that of the Hon. Miss Curzon, who died in 1859 aged ninety, and from that date until 1880 the house had the external appearance of an unoccupied dwelling.
The late Lord Lyttelton having written to Notes and Queries in November 1872:
"It is quite true that there is a house in Berkeley Square (No. 50), said to be haunted, and long unoccupied on that account. There are strange stories about it, into which this deponent cannot enter."
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