The Spirit of a House or Building
Going to particular places can raise an immediate awareness of "atmosphere" for want of a better word. A brief visit to Port Arthur for instance made me so aware of an overwhelming sadness that I just wanted to leave, quickly. The Tower of London feels so very, very cold.
One can go into a perfectly richly decorated home and feel, nothing, no warmth no vibes, nothing to invite you to linger.
Another house may be shambolic in disarray, nothing matching but gives an immediate sense of welcome. One can go into a home that has suffered recent loss or calamity and the occupants lives as they know it shattered and yet there is a sense of peace and serenity emanating from the house itself and the immediate feeling "the house will do the healing" much like the serenity offered by a Church.
Houses and buildings seem to come with their own characters, imparted by the builders, previous occupiers or even the very land they are built on? I wonder is their something we are unaware of, a different dimension, a Spirituality, that is present around us not necessarily but also could be in the religious sense but could also be something else.
I never pooh pooh things like this as I just don't know. Having experienced a couple of strange things in my lifetime I keep an open mind. I like a home which has a warm lived in feeling...homes that are picture perfect like a display home do not attract me one iota.