a woman with a mental illness, who kept building bits on her house to confuse demons...?

[joko]

Trying to find information about a woman who used to build corridors that went nowhere, staircases that led to the street, doors in odd places, extensions etc etc in her house because she felt it would confuse the spirits - or something like that - there was a reason that she refused to ''finish'' the house - some odd reason, so she would build lots of twists and turns.

I vaguely recall it being in barcelona or spain, but i may be wrong.

anyone know who this woman was?
I need to find images asap

many thanks

[wa33letops]

its in san franscisco cant remember her name though

[dot.hawkes]

is it not the winchester rifle widow?

[shaneystar2]

Sarah Lockwood Pardee
http://www.bad-language.com/winchestermysteryh ouse

[joko]

thats the one, thanks guys

[ermintrude35]

wow the house looks amazing, what a sad story though http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/