Jayne Stead and her partner Mike Blatchford may just win the prize for having the world's creepiest house. The house per se isn't all that creepy but its location is. Their home is in the middle of a cemetery and was once a mortuary and grave digger's cottage. Located in Southampton England the house was once a Jewish Mortuary and chapel and the "lawn" is a grave yard dating from the early 1800's.
Ms. Stead admits when they decided to purchase the run down building and re-hab it into their home many of their friends and family thought they were crazy. When the then run down property was put on the market by the local council they snapped it up. Ms Stead, a designer, says she loves run down cottages and Mr Blatchford is a builder who supervised the remodeling. They now live there with their 3 teen aged children.
Mr Blatchford's aunt is a medium and claims the place is rather comfortable. They do admit that they never get trick or treaters walking up their garden path. The house is very modern and bright on the inside and has 4 bedrooms, modern kitchen and bathrooms but on the outside it looks very much the same as it did when the cemetery caretakers lived there. The original exterior features mullioned windows and gargoyles.
"We are the spookiest house in the city."
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