Fitz Manor is a manor house in the village of

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near

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. It is a Grade II* listed building. The manor, which overlooks the

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, was built in 1450, although the original structure is believed to have been a Saxon Hall. The manor was owned at one time by the bishop of

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and it had its own church. In the 20th century it came into the ownership of the Baly family. The rooms are named by colours, for instance the "Red Bedroom" and "Orange Bedroom". The manor is reportedly haunted. There have been documented sightings of a homosexual priest who was purportedly crucified in the dining room, the figure of a lady in the red room and cemetery, and the ghost of a strong tobacco smoker smelt but not seen. The manor has been subject to an investigation by ''

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