(Original headline: Face in the window)
A Ghostly face has appeared on a bricked up window in Gloucester city centre. The mysterious and slightly sinister image is on an empty building on the Kimbrose Island in Southgate Street.
Research has revealed it stands on the site of a Medieval chapel dedicated to St Kyneburga, a Saxon princess. The building belongs to McKenzley Lampkin, who first saw the bizarre portrait after taking a photograph of the building.
He explained: "I was taking a picture of the property because of a dispute I was having with the council.
"I wanted to paint the building, but they had said no because of the sandstone brickwork, and I wanted a picture to show the evidence of where it had been painted before.
"The second I saw the photo, I was amazed to see the face staring back at me from the window.
"I went and got the picture enlarged, and it is even clearer.
"Everyone I have shown the picture to is amazed by it. It really cannot be explained."
McKenzley said that he felt the detail within the face was astonishing.
He said: "It is not just an abstract image of a face, it is far more detailed than that.
"You can actually look into the eyes and see the pupils, it is a real phenomenon.
"I really just don't know what to do with it now."
The building itself was built in 1849 to 1850, and was originally the home of the Gloucester Savings Bank.
The building was turned into offices when the bank closed, and has been standing empty for several years.
The Kimbrose Triangle also has a colourful history, dating back to Medieval times.
The site used to house St Kyneburga's Chapel, dedicated to a Saxon princess, who, legend has it, was thrown into a well at the site and killed.
The water in the well was then reputed to have healing powers, and a chapel was built to house visitors.
It was later converted to an almshouse by Sir Thomas Bell in the 16th Century, before the current building was constructed 300 years later.
