During the Middle Ages, the area around Aberglasney was the centre for bloody battles, including a particularly violent offensive in 1257. Bishop Rudd is generally thought to have acquired the Aberglasney estate sometime around 1600. The house stayed in the family until 1710 when the estate was sold to Robert Dyer.
In 1803 Thomas Phillips who died childless in 1824 bought Aberglasney on his retirement. His heirs benefited from his fortune, and his amiable ghost is said to have appeared to a number of gardeners and household staff.
In 1872 heiress Marianne Pryse married a young soldier Charles Mayhew, and Aberglasney was let out during most of their married life, but they returned on his retirement in 1902. Aberglasney was commandeered for troop occupation during World War 2. Vandalism, theft and the elements combined to escalate the collapse of the estate until it was offered for sale by Christie's.
Its prior removal as a listed building however had constituted an offence and prosecution followed. The publicity raised the profile of Aberglasney and its fortunes were reversed with its sale to the Aberglasney Restoration Trust in 1995.
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One of the most haunted rooms in the house is called the Blue Room. Around 1603 6 yound women were found dead in their beds. Explanations ranged from asphyxiation from fumes coming from lime plaster during some works being carried out there or from carbon monoxide poisoning from a blocked chimney. Many people feel very uncomfortable visiting this room, people with no prior knowlegde of these sudden and sad deaths.
During the 1930's, it is reported, that some maintenance work was being done to the outside of the house. Ivy had overgrown the outside of the building and it was decided to cut it all back. The window of the Blue Room was covered and as it was cleared away he was shocked to see some ladies dressed in Victorian attire looking back at him.
From the corridor where the infamous Blue Room is, many have seen from the courtyard and beyond, flickering lights such as candles floating along the way. No one would be in the house at the time or at least not in this area.
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