Sinai House  BRANSTON, STAFFORDSHIRE
Series 6 Episode 29
First Aired: October 11th 2005
Location Background

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.

Brief Episode Synopsis

The investigation begins outside of Sinai House as David suggests hearing the sound of horses and soldiers as well as a woman in white. Moving into the Living Room of the house he connects further with soldiers and the woman from outside. On the 1st floor landing he senses the image of a monk in his mind's eye while in the guest room he connects with a second, older monk who was angry at them being there. Moving into the Attic he felt that blood letting practices would have taken place there as well as linking with the name Henry, a possible connected to Henry Paget, a former notable owner of Sinai. He then sensed a pregnant woman named Isabella who would have died after a fall down the stairs, while the father of the child would have been one of the monks. The night vigils began in the Living Room with the team attempting glass divination where small twisting movements were recorded, but nothing significantly unusual. In a later vigil in the dining room Yvette suggested seeing flashes of light on the ceiling. Returning to the Living Room they attempted to contact Henry, however all remained quiet. Meanwhile Karl had suggested seeing a figure walking into the toilet upstairs while he also felt that a door had closed of its own accord, while the team did experience a number of strange noises however nothing particularly conclusive. The night concluded with Karl and Stuart investigating the derelict section of the building where Stuart appeared to be momentarily overcome, suggesting that he had regressed into a formed period of time, as if seeing the room as it would once have been. Unfortunately the investigation concluded without any significant activity of any kind.

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