The house isn’t one structure, but many structures built over hundreds of years in a stubborn patchwork quilt of styles that lend it a chaotic, unsettled appearance. Part Medieval fortress, part Gothic mansion, and part rustic ruin, it defies easy categorization, much like its generations of inhabitants. An architectural Frankenstein’s monster, the place seems to radiate a sense of foreboding, as though it guards secrets best left undisturbed.
