Fancy a fright? You can stay in a converted funeral home that still has coffins and the embalming table up as a decoration.
There are three different cottages to choose from: the converted funeral home, the church or the haunted well house.
People have reported hearing strange noises when they stayed at the holiday cottages where a man mysteriously drowned in the 18th century.
The one-bed holiday home will set you back £195 a night and still has many original features from when it used to be a funeral home.
Coffins line the wall under the sign ‘Funeral Director’, while legit embalming tables dating back to the 17th century are in the kitchen.
There’s also The Chapel, complete with graveyard, and the Well House, named after its original purpose.
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The Chapel still looks very much like a church, complete with spires and a cross. Inside, the exposed brickwork and antique bed frame make this feel like a trip to the past.
There’s even a wood fire to warm yourself by and a hot tub outside.
Owners Stuart and Victoria Dudley converted the derelict buildings near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire into three luxury holiday lets.
Legend has it that a French gentleman drowned in the well in the 1700’s. There’s now a memorial commemorating his death on the front of the well,’
Architect Stuart, 44, admits that many guests have reported hearing strange noises and feeling spooky chills in many of the rooms.
The cottage’s spooky reputation precedes it; an interesting mix of people come and stay.
There are the expected guests who are into spiritual healing and witchcraft but also couples looking for a romantic break and people who are interested in gothic architecture and English history.
‘We’ve had American guests come and visit with their families too because they love the character and ambience of the place,’ Stuart added.
Of all these guests, many have said they have ‘felt a presence’ in the cottage.
‘This is often described as a sense of change of temperature, or they have seen orbs in the photographs they have taken when they go and view them again,’ Stuart noted.
‘At night we’ve heard strange sounds and when we’ve gone to check it our there’s nothing there.’
Stuart and Victoria have taken photographs themselves to check and say they later saw those same peculiar orbs.
‘Often, you’ll be in one of the properties at night and you’ll see shadows move and the temperature will suddenly drop,’ he added.
The chapel, funeral and graveyard date back to the 17th century while the farm used to collect apples and pears to make cider.
Victoria, 49, said the couple tried to preserve as many of the existing features as they could when they refurbished the properties.
Many of them are hidden away under the plaster or left and not exposed.
As for the coffins, they were bought from a funeral director up north.
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