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The Tudor Lady
Rose Court is a large old house
on the Pluckley to Bethersden road. There are records to show
that it has stood for 250 years, but the original deeds were
lost in a fire and it is believed it was built more than 100
years earlier. It is thought to have been built as a home
for the mistress of a son of one of the Lords Dering and it
is this lady's ghost that haunts the house and its well-laid
out gardens. |
The
lady kept two dogs and at times the house echoes to her voice calling
them. Her visits occur usually between 4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon
- the period during which she died. She took her own life by drinking
the juices of ivy and other poisonous berries. It is worth recording
that the kennels of the East Kent Hunt were not too great a distance
from Rose Court. At approximately 4 to 5pm the hounds were fed. The
ensuing noise carried, at times quite clearly, as far at Rose Court.
Since the hunt kennels have moved, reports of hearing her dogs have
stopped. |
Ghosts |