Spooky sale: ‘Haunted’ Glasgow townhouse bought in £2.45m deal

A townhouse in Glasgow’s business district has changed hands in a seven-figure deal after being snapped up by a speculative development and construction firm. The building – 6/7 Blythswood Square – comprises 16,200sq ft and has been sold for £2.45 million to Marshall CDP. The buyer was not put off by the legend that the townhouse is haunted by Madeleine Smith, a woman who stood trial accused of poisoning her lover with arsenic at the address in the 1850s. The price represents a capital rate of about £150 per sq ft.