TENBY has an unlikely new tourist attraction - a ‘house that dripped blood’.

Belle Vue House in Crackwell Street is at the centre of a horror novel, Black Snow.

The supernatural blockbuster by local author Malcolm Stacey was featured in the Observer in the spring as, unusually, it includes 50 real-life Tenby people.

Some of the book’s action, past and present, takes place in Belle Vue House. There’s strong evidence that Henry Tudor, later to become Henry VII, escaped to Brittany through tunnels under this building.

The address was already part of a ghost tour in the town. But even more people are stopping outside for a glimpse of the ’haunted house’.

Malcolm, who lives at Belle Vue House, can hear nervous comments as people gather outside the front door. The book is now selling abroad, including the USA, German, Scandinavia and Australia, so there are quite a few foreign visitors among the sightseers.

“Some of them really seem to believe the house is haunted. Though as far as I know it isn’t,” said Malcolm.

“It’s a bit weird to be in my study and to hear the comments of rather nervous people outside. Some of them say they would not like to go through my front door.”

He added: “People who’ve read the book have said the house seems really spooky. I agree it is atmospheric. But though Black Snow has real people in real Tenby locations, it’s still only a novel.”

There is already a blue plaque, provided by Tenby Civic Society, at Belle Vue House, explaining its link with Henry VII.

Black Snow is available at the bookshop in Tudor Square and on Amazon and Kindle.