The original building on the site was constructed in 1254. It was rebuilt in the 15th century and was used to store the robes of the Bishop of Salisbury; hence it was known as the “Bishop’s Wardrobe” or “The Wardrobe” A storehouse for the cathedral next door The Rifles Museum is now one of the most haunted museums in Great Britain. Many Visitors have claimed to have seen the figure of a Cavalier and a ‘grey lady’ within many areas of the building and reports of strange lights and cold spots being felt in different rooms by ghost hunters carrying out Ghost Hunts here. Loud Bangs, footsteps have been heard in rooms that are empty, Children crying and then heard laughing happen many times on the bottom floor but the most spine chilling reports are of a poltergeist which people have witnessed throwing books off the bookshelves when there is nobody else nearby.