We're heading back to the age of Edwardian Elegance today. Preston Manor was in the hands of the Stanford family for over 200 years. Following a major refurbishment and update in 1905 it looks every inch the Edwardian Manor house, but parts date back to the 1200s. It came into the possession of the Brighton Corporation in 1932 and remains in the council's ownership today. Under the strapline 'To the Manor Reborn' the house was reopened last year after a five year closure. Today it's presented as a single day in the lives of Ellen and Charles Standford during the week following the Titanic disaster and shows you life both up and down stairs. If ghostly encounters are your thing then I can also confirm that it's the city's most haunted building with reported sightings of an excommunicated nun [shortly afterwards a woman's skeleton was found by workmen and secretly reburied in the nearby churchyard], the predictable Grey Lady and a single phantom hand.
As ever a few details for you which captured the essence of my time spent there. I hope that these give you a feel of the place.
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