Bruntsfield House

Bruntsfield House - ancient, massive, sombre, with small windows, crow-stepped gables and high sloping roof - has frowned over the Burgh Muir for centuries. Among its great architectural qualities Bruntsfield House had a 'mystery' chamber. Long known as the 'ghost room' it was discovered in 1820 when Sir George Warrender came into possession of the mansion.

Frederick Richard Lee the painter and Academician whom Sir George brought from London to examine the house suspected the existence of a secret room through finding more windows outside than he could account for rooms inside. An old woman who had charge of the house at first denied any knowledge of an unknown apartment, but frightened by Sir George's threats she finally revealed a narrow entrance to the room hidden by a piece of tapestry.

The door was forced, the room was found just as it had been left by some former occupant - the ashes still in the grate. The dimly lit room was strewn with neat branches. But that was not all. Amid these were found three skeletons, one in the middle of the room, another in front of the fireplace and the third crouching near the windows. Blood stains were found all over the floor and four rusty swords discovered scattered around the room pointed to a desperate encounter and the escape of one of the contestants.

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