Haunted Hosts

John Musters commissions architect John Carr of York to rebuild Colwick Hall in the Georgian style

Current Colwick Hall constructed for John Musters, replacing the earlier medieval manor house

Mary Chaworth, rumoured to have been Lord Byron's first love, marries John Musters Jr. and becomes mistress of the hall

Mary Chaworth marries John Musters, becoming mistress of Colwick Hall — she was famously adored by the poet Lord Byron

Mary Ann Musters dies at Colwick Hall following years of mental anguish and ill health

Reform Bill Riots see Colwick Hall attacked by a mob and set ablaze; Mary Ann Musters dies shortly after

Violent Reform Bill riots see Colwick Hall ransacked and burned by an angry mob

The hall is converted into a hotel, beginning its hospitality era