HAUNTED HISTORIC BUILDINGS The Charterhouse. Charterhouse
Square. Ec1. A Haunted Gem of Hidden London. The ancient wall of
weathered stone that encircles the Charterhouse – London’s only
surviving Tudor town house - helps keep the contemporary world
firmly at bay. Beyond the massive oak gates of the gatehouse,
visitors find themselves in a veritable time capsule, the
origins of which stretch back to 1381 when Norman nobleman Sir
Walter de Manny endowed a monastery for the strict order of the
Carthusian monks. Here the holy brethren would offer prayers for
the souls of the victims of the 1348 Black Death who still lie
buried in the great square outside the gates. The monastery
flourished until the Reformation, when its monks refused to
accept Henry as head of the church in England. Their Prior, John
Houghton, was hanged, drawn and quartered, and one of his arms
was even nailed onto the monastery gates in attempt to persuade
the surviving monks. But, inspired by their leader’s bravery and
ghostly nocturnal visi