Sinai House
BRANSTON, STAFFORDSHIRE



Sinai House is grade 2 listed building and is made up of Medieval, Jacobean and mid 1700's building. The site is well known as an important historical site and is an ancient medieval moated site and there is still part of the old medieval structure in the cellar. The structure that exists now is made up of two houses which were moved to this location to construct the building, which initially became a rest home for monks. After the dissolution of the monasteries Henry 8th gave the manor to the Paget family and it was part of the estate of the First Lord Paget, Baron of Beaudesert. In 1605 the two separate houses were joined together to make it look more like a grand manor house. Many Civil War skirmishes were fought on the land at Sinai House. Lord Henry was Wellington's 2nd in command at Waterloo and he was also well known lady's man and went through a very high profile divorce. The Paget family owned the property until the early 1900's when it was converted into 6 cottages. The current owners regularly see figures, usually from the corner of their eye and also shadows going from one room to the other. Local legend suggests there is a Grey Lady of Sinai House who was a maid seduced by one of the monks. When she became pregnant he murdered her and buried her in a field nearby. Apparently she walks across the bridge over the moat, particularly on New Year's Eve. When the house was cottages people would regularly report seeing or hearing a phantom coach and horses drawing up on the driveway. Past residents have experienced poltergeist activity while people standing at the front door have felt themselves being pushed into the house. On at least 3 occasions the owner has seen the 'Black Dogs of Sinai' in the dining room and kitchen, which are thought to have been the abbot's dogs.