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There鈥檚 an actual Hill House in the UK 鈥� and yes, it鈥檚 haunted

11 December 2018

The web TV series Haunting of Hill House may have had us jumping out of our skins, but there’s an actual Hill House much closer to home — and, according to one staff member, it is regularly paced by a ghostly male.

This Hill House is in Helensburgh, north-west of Glasgow, and was completed in 1904 by the famous Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

But it’s the ghost of publisher Walter Blackie, who commissioned the project, that’s said to roam its corridors.

Apparently Blackie’s apparition wears a long black cape and is seen emerging from the dressing room before vanishing into the main bedroom. There have also been reports of the smell of pipe smoke — one of his preferred pastimes.

The genius of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Lachlan Goudie explores the interior of Hill House in Helensburgh

If Walter Blackie is haunting Hill House, it is likely from a place of love and not the dark evil that appears to reside at its fictional equivalent.

Walter and his wife Anna built their dream home and lived there for almost 50 years until he died in 1953 at the age of 92.

The property is, according to , Mackintosh’s “domestic masterpiece”. Glass housing is currently being constructed to preserve the house from further deterioration.

Before the renovation, visitors could hire out part of the house and stay overnight. The new visitor attraction is expected to open in April 2019 and, whether Walter Blackie’s ghost remains or not, his legacy surely will.