Hilton House, Western Shore

I remember as a young boy Hilton House was standing as a derelict building early 60's, the story was that it was haunted by an old lady but as kids we climbed all over it i remember a tram carriage at the front and the gardens were overgrown, my recollection was that it had a grand entrance with long steps leading up possibly curved i can picture this as a large house rather than a cottage type, we explored all around that area and the entrance to the sand excavation pit was just up the road where we used to cadge a lift off the drivers up to the sand pits at the side of the house behind the fence there was a stream that ran through Weston copse where there was a bamboo island and further in there where further concrete remains of buildings it was a great place to grow up lots of happy memories