The Lion Hotel

A figure has been seen in the cellar, but its features are ill defined, described as a dense white mist although one report said that it is female. A rarely, and briefly seen figure is a military man in a seat in the main lounge; he is described as wearing a bright red army tunic. The most frequent phantom visitor is that of the Old Grey Lady, usually seen in the grand ballroom, glancing around as if looking for someone, and then seemingly satisfied, she walks down to the reception (she is sometimes described as wearing blue clothing). Poltergeist-like activity has been reported, with a door opening itself obligingly for an approaching porter, a piano playing by itself and candlesticks being lifted into the air. A room above the stairs where an unspecified crime took place is the source of groans and moans and a lit candle has been observed in the window.
Author Ruth Roper Wylde provides some more anecdotes; a couple worked here in the early 2000s and would sometimes stop overnight. The husband was in a single room and felt a heavy weight "settling" over him, as if someone had climbed into bed with him. The couple also heard disembodied footsteps in the ballroom. There is also said to be the ghosts of a little girl and a man wearing a tall black hat and clothing from the early Victorian era. This man would knock over an employees pile of linen. Objects have been noted to move by themselves.

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