THIS coloured Edwardian postcard of Hall House in Bedford, Leigh, ended up never being used.
It was built as a grange in the reign of Queen Anne between 1665 and 1714.
A small industrial complex was formed near it based on Bedford Brook, which included a farmhouse, cottages and a cotton mill, which was later a wire works and then a log mill.
The house had many residents, including county court judge John Stock Turner in the mid-19th century.
There was also engineer William Harrison in 1909, a Belgian refugee family during the First World War and well-known Dr Matthew Dillon in the 1950s and 60s.
Hall House became the Steak and Stilton restaurant in the 1970s.
It returned to being a private residence in the 1980s, which it remains to this day.
The building is reputedly haunted, with ghost coach and horses seen there as well as a dead man and little boy.
However there have been no reported ghost sightings for a while.
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