The oldest dwelling place in Liverpool is said to be Tuebrook
House in West Derby, a council-owned property dating back to
1615.
The stone-floored oak-beamed residence has a tiny secret room sandwiched between the two chimneys,
but there is no access to this hideaway because the entrance to it was sealed up many years ago,
but there seems to be something living in this room,as footsteps and voices are sometimes heard emanating
from it.
There is an unfounded legend that the room was the final refuge of a catholic fugitive hiding from Oliver
Cromwell, who died there from a heart attack as the Roundheads searched the building for him.
The shimmering grey image of an indefinable person has been seen flitting about Tuebrook House when the old
clock in the building strikes the hour of midnight. Sometimes door latches rattle and floorboards pop up to
herald the materialisation of the spectre, and occasionally, the sound of a horse galloping up to the front of the