Windham Estate

A Regency-era mansion, built not far from Portsmouth. Owned by the secretive Dr. Friedrich Magnussen until 1873, the estate served as a place of residence, and a center of the Serpent Brotherhood's blasphemous rites.

During the ill-fated masquerade party in 1873, the mansion was destroyed by Ybalashi, leaving only a crumbling ruin. In 1874, Olivia Smith, lawyer and Sin-Eater, purchased the Windham Estate from Valentino Cavalcanti, who acted under unknown orders, in exchange for the notes and blueprints of Professor Maxwell, recovered from Bishopgate Asylum.

In the following months, Olivia began the reconstruction of the mansion with the intent of turning it into a school for talented young girls. Though Olivia disappeared from Portsmouth civil society shortly afterwards, Abigail O'Malley took up her efforts and completed the Smith School for Young Ladies, which finally opened its gates in 1885.