This castle had some great legends! It helps to have a tour guide who really loves their castle, they tell such great stories. The first legend is about Puck who was the castle jester. The legend goes that Puck loved a young lady who refused him and he took his life in his room, just above the banquet room. They say Puck sometimes shows up in people's photos of the banquet room and that he sometimes rearranges things when no one has been in the room.
Another legend is about Miles Corbett who took the castle during the Cromwellian era and used it as his residence. When Cromwell fell from power, Corbett was taken to the Tower of London and tried for treason. His sentence was to be hanged and then drawn and quartered. Sometimes in July, around the anniversary of his death, he can be seen on the estate. If he is approached, he falls into four pieces and disappears! He is sometimes seen on his favorite horse named "Ghost". (The horse does not fall to pieces though)
The last family owner of the estate was Rose Talbot. She inherited the estate from her brother. Unfortunately for Rose, the inheritance tax on the estate was 50% of its value! Rose was forced to sell her ancestral home and moved to a sheep ranch in Australia. There is a painting of Rose as a young girl, with her mother and brother, near a staircase in the home. The eyes of Rose follow you everywhere you go in the room, even up the stairs!
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