31/10/2026
👻 Things That Go Bump in the Night at Little Hall… 🎃
As far as we know, Little Hall has escaped any confirmed ghostly visitations but there are certainly a few reminders of darker times scattered around the house.
Look closely at the mantelpiece above one of our main fireplaces and you’ll spot witches’ marks, protective symbols carved into the wood by people who genuinely feared evil spirits and the supernatural.
Scenes from the 1968 cult film The Witchfinder General were filmed here. The film tells a fictionalised story inspired by the notorious Matthew Hopkins, the self-styled Witchfinder General who terrorised East Anglia during the English Civil War, accusing and persecuting those suspected of witchcraft.
And then there’s our library where the life masks of the Gayer-Anderson brothers and their mother look spookily at visitors. They’re fascinating historical objects but, when the uplighters catch their faces, they look more like death masks!
We think that’s the extent of Little Hall’s ghostly goings-on but, then again, nobody lives in Little Hall these days so who knows what might be lurking in the shadows after midnight or what goes bump in the night?
Happy Halloween everyone 👻
