Stephens House (Avenue House)

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Avenue House a new venue for the Essex Ghost Hunters team to investigate.  

Come and join us at this wonderful venue and see if the many reported ghosts make themselves known to us !!!!!!

Avenue House (or Stephens House) is a large Victorian mansion (Grade II listed) situated on East End Road in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet.

Built in 1859 on land formerly known as Temple Croft Field, it was acquired in 1874 by ink magnate and philanthropist Henry Charles Stephens ("Inky") who later enlarged and improved the house and grounds with advice from well-known landscape gardener Robert Marnock (1800–89).

On his death in 1918 Stephens bequeathed the estate in his will to "the Urban District Council of Finchley, subject to the condition that the same shall be open for the use and enjoyment always of the public under such reasonable regulations as may be made by the said Council from time to time for the care and upkeep.

The land here and estate actually dates back to the knights Templar and later King Henry VIII.
Stephens house was built owned by the late Henry "inky" Stephens then his son following his death. Henry was somewhat of a Victorian and local celebrity, before he created the famous blue ink, he was a surgeon who trained with the poet Keats at the London hospital. The house was one of the first to have its own water source, quite a thing back then! After Stephens death, the house and grounds were bequeathed to the people of Finchley to use and during WW2 it became a hospital to the sick with the basement being used as a morgue. Its tall tower and view of our beautiful city was an ideal look out point during the blitz, so boards where erected on the roof to look for in coming planes and bombs which could be radioed and give warning to others.

Your ghost hunt at Avenue House includes:

• Tour of the venue

• Vigils throughout the location working in small groups

• Spirit board experiments

• Use of ghost hunting equipment including Dowsing Rods & EMF Meters

• Refreshments throughout

Join Essex Ghost Hunters as we venture around this magnificent venue in search of the spirits that haunt this venue.