I was intrigued, though a little dismayed, to read your article about Lock House in West Sussex and discover that the magnificent mansion still carries the reputation of being haunted (Spooky kettles and a girl in white: Adele’s ‘scary’ mansion not all that’s haunting Sussex village, 25 January).
Several years ago, I was acting as an informal caretaker of the property for friends. At no time during my mostly solitary vigil did the old house give me reason to feel uneasy, not even when a storm caused a power cut and left me in the cavernous Stygian darkness without a torch.
