Codnor Castle sits in the Erewash Valley near the Nottinghamshire border. According to Higgypop, the castle was nearly completely dismantled in 1643 and the stone and timber were used to build farmhouses in the area, including Castle Farm, now known as Codnor Castle Cottage.
The same page says the cottage is the scene of a murder and four suicides, including a story of a man killing his step-daughter outside the house and an owner who killed himself in the attic in the 1950s, and that a woman died falling down the stairs. It adds that unusual markings in the attic are believed to be protective marks against evil spirits. The reported phenomena include shadows, doors slamming, furniture moving, glasses thrown, voices singing and laughing, children's voices and screams. Rokia Brown of the Codnor Castle Heritage Trust is quoted describing hundreds of peacock butterfly wings on a cleared floor, and a stone that smashed a window while the building was empty.
Outside, the grounds are said to be haunted by a Templar soldier wounded in battle who died in the castle overnight, seen in a dull metal helmet and running through the ruined great hall, and by a Grey Lady described as a heavily pregnant French woman killed in a riding accident.
The deaths in the house are given without dates or names, and the Templar story has no obvious historical basis. These are recorded as local tradition and investigator reports. The site has suffered vandalism from ghost hunters, so do not trespass.
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