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... Work abruptly stopped on the castle when Carlisle's wife, Cora, died tragically of tuberculosis in 1887 before completion of the castle towers. The despondent thirty-six year old disappeared shortly thereafter under mysterious circumstances. His body was never found, and he was presumed to have drowned himself in the bay according to sources at the time. The estate fell into probate and eventually was auctioned. After a succession of various owners, each of whom managed to find themselves impoverished by the unlucky estate, it was purchased two years ago by Eurocorp Development.