St John’s House Ghost Hunt, Warwick,Warwickshire with Haunting Nights

Sat Sep 11 2021 at 08:00 pm to Sun Feb 23 2025 at 02:00 am UTC+01:00

St John's House | Warwick

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St John’s House,Warwick Ghost Hunts With Haunting Nights
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St John’s House,Warwick Ghost Hunts With Haunting Nights

A hidden gem of paranormal activity awaits Haunting Nights ghost hunters as we take you on a ghost hunt within the heart of the medieval Warwick

St John’s House has a sinister history dating back to the 1100’s

The reported ghostly activity includes disembodied voices, laughter, and footsteps. Dark shadows have been witnessed wandering the various, now empty rooms.

What will you encounter on your overnight ghost hut with Haunting Nights in the heart of haunted Warwick, Warwickshire?

The known history of the land on which St John’s House stands, dates to 1154. At this time, it was given to the establishment of the Hospital of St John the Baptist and founded by the 3rd Earl of Warwick, with the purpose of offering accommodation to wayfarers, pilgrims and poor within the local area.

There was also a cemetery attached to the hospital.

Skeletons of medieval origin have been unearthed within the roads surrounding St John’s House

In 1540 St John’s was granted to Anthony Stoughton by Henry VIII, having been in his majesties service.

In 1563 the grant was confirmed by Queen Elizabeth I. Anthony Stoughton never resided at the property but leased it out.

It was Anthony Stoughton junior who inherited the site and commissioned the building we see today. The initials A. S. alongside the date 1626 are situated above a door lintel in the East Wing. Anthony Stoughton junior later became Member of Parliament for Warwick, although it appears, he was disliked by the local community.

Many of the Stoughton family members held positions of authority in the town of Warwick. The house remained in the possession of this family up until the 1780’s.

Above the porch entrance to the house the faded words ‘Education’ can be seen. A reminder of when the building was rented out from the Earl of Warwick to become a school in 1791. Known as St John’s Academy for boys or ‘Young Gentlemen’, the school offered writing, arithmetic, book-keeping, dancing, military exercise, ‘washing and mending’ to its pupils. The graffiti of supposedly mischievous boys can still be seen around the house. The house remained an educational institution becoming a school for young ladies 1828. In 1845 it once again became a school for young gentlemen and then back to a school for young ladies in 1884

The history of St John’s House has many stories of tragedy.

Jane Stoughton on returning from a ball ventured into the parlour to find the fire in need of fuel. As she set about refuelling the fire her clothing set alight and she was terribly burned. She sadly died from her injuries on March 22nd, 1755.

Ann Stoughton is said to have died as the result of fright after a burglar threatened to K*ll her, holding a knife or razor to her throat. The offender fled after she screamed out ‘very violently’. It is thought she knew the offender, but she refused to disclose their name after she discovered the penalty for such a crime was death by hanging.

Eugenia was an interesting and ‘eccentric’ family member. She would sit in an armchair refusing to go to bed

She was the Stoughton family ‘cat lady’ with her fondness of cats, erecting a monument to the local butcher who provided the cats meat.

With such a chilling and tragic history St John’s House is terrifying place to spend the night. 18 & Over


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St John's House, Saint Johns, Warwick, United Kingdom

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