Manor of Clifton

The Hall is a 13,946 square feet (1,295.6 m2) Grade I listed building,[3] and is situated within the Clifton Village Conservation Area.

In 2008 Clifton Hall rose to national prominence when it was reported in tabloid newspapers that its millionaire owner, Anwar Rashid, and his family had left the South Wing of the house and stopped paying the mortgage because they believed it was haunted.

[7] The house was largely rebuilt between 1778 and 1797 by a later Sir Gervase Clifton, who employed the premier architect in the north of England John Carr of York.

The octagonal domed hall built by Sir Robert Clifton, which incorporated many of the old rooms of the house,[7] c. 1750 was retained during the rebuilding.

A local legend states erroneously that a portrait in the Hall of the colonel on horseback was originally intended to be one of his daughter, but was changed when she died while it was being painted, in a riding accident in Clifton Grove.

[4] Anwar Rashid bought the South Wing in January 2007[20] and applied to Nottingham City Council for a licence to hold weddings.

[20] In May 2007 the council refused planning permission to hold civil ceremonies and partnerships, conferences, training courses or media events.

[17] Anwar Rashid, a businessman with a £25 million fortune and a portfolio of 26 properties, bought the South Wing of the Clifton Hall in January 2007.

[20] Thirty-two-year-old Rashid and his family, consisting of his 25-year-old wife Nabila, three daughters, and an infant son, moved into the hall the same month they bought it.

From the first day in the house they allegedly experienced paranormal activity, leading them to believe that Clifton Hall was haunted.

[23] Eager to get rid of the ghosts the family believed were haunting them, they invited Ashfield Paranormal Investigation Team (T.A.P.I.T.)

The investigators were unable to stop the haunting and the leader of the group said "Clifton Hall is the only place where I've ever really been scared, even in the light.