{{italic title}} {{about|the novel||Watch house (disambiguation)}}{{More citations needed|date=April 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:The Watch House.jpg|thumb|First edition (publ. Macmillan)]] '''The Watch House''' is a 1977 fiction book by Robert Westall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Watch House {{!}} ISBNdb |url=https://isbndb.com/book/9780688163723 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=isbndb.com}}</ref> The main story is about a teenager called Anne, who is left to spend the summer with her mother's old nanny. While there she explores the watch house, writes a guidebook for the watch house and is haunted by a ghost. It is split up into three parts.
== Reprintings == A hardback edition was printed in May 2000. It was the 10th edition available. It is used as an education book by many schools around the world.{{cn|date=June 2024}}
== References == {{reflist}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Watch House}} Category:1977 British novels Category:Novels about ghosts Category:Macmillan Publishers books
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