The Crooked House in Windsor

Currently up for sale. Offers in the region of £1.25m

The current oak-framed building suffers from a distinct lean. It replaced an earlier building (1592) that was demolished  in 1687 to allow for the building of the Guildhall next door However there was a land dispute and eventually the new  Market Cross  was “rebuilt” in 1718 on or very close to its original location.

There seem to be two conflicting suggestions [about the lean]. The general belief is that  was built using poorly chosen, unseasoned oak and shortly after construction began to warp into a distinctly crooked appearance that has become its defining feature.


Another suggestion is that the lean only appeared after adjoining buildings were demolished in the late 1820s.


There are plenty of books and websites that tell stories of a tunnel which runs from the basement of the Crooked House into Windsor Castle and was used by Charles II and Nell Gwynn for secret trysts.




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