The St Elmo's Convent Video

We share the story of the forgotten Convent in Kwazulu - Natal. Situated 100km’s from Durban, majestically overlooking the Indian Ocean, you will find this monumental convent, sadly void and hidden amongst the brushes like a lost treasure. St Elmo’s was erected in stages as from 1918 until 1939 as a Catholic convent which was used as a retreat for the nuns of the Third Order of St Dominic as well as a remedial school for children with learning disabilities. The Convent was forced to close down in 1994 due to the cut of government subsidies to institutions of such a nature. The layout is like a cross which means it became necessary to increase the space near the chancel which is situated at the top end of the cross with two side wings to accommodate large numbers of clergy, the choirs, or members of religious orders. If you now visit this statuesque, rather spooky-looking building, you will find it in a dilapidated state in most places. Almost every window is broken, most of the Oregon pine flooring had been lifted and the building itself was stripped and ironically, someone had written on a dusty window the words: ‘God restore this place’. As with most uninhabited, desolate buildings, it also comes with its own hauntings – which may be the reason why locals are cautious to enter this building alone.. Allegedly, the place is possessed by the spirits of a former priest & nun who refuses to leave the building. When you do enter at night, you will be confronted with unexplainable footsteps, unseen objects falling and heavy breathing. When a couple of friends dared to venture to the convent a couple of years ago, they stood before a closed door, and when they entered the room it suddenly turned very cold, as every hair on the back of their neck stood up. They immediately left. It is also believed that a spirit of a child still haunts the grounds.. They have tried to sell the place before at an auction, however to this day it still stands unoccupied. They say that the selling price is too high (although property developers believes that the building has loads of potential to turn it into a hotel, boarding school or health care facility), but it is also rumored that people are too scared to buy it.. (??: St Elmo's Convent KZN (fb) & Lost at Sea) Facebook Post video from the Phoenix Library Pictures by Lost at Sea.