Hiram and Lucy Otis purchase an English stately home, sight unseen and much to the dismay of their children. When the family finally arrives at the estate, they find all may not be as it seems.

Sir Simon steps up his efforts to terrorise the Americans but the vulgar Colonials still refuse to be frightened. And when the Otis’s are challenged by Lady Deborah to host a local cricket match, it looks set to be a royal embarrassment.

No longer the haunter but the hunted, Sir Simon is reduced to creeping around the house. And after Hiram receives news that his company has crashed, Lucy is determined not to wallow in the loss of their fortune and resolves to host a Christmas Ball.

Virginia steps into the fourth dimension where she must appear in court and defend Sir Simon. Meanwhile the twins follow clues through a secret tunnel underneath Canterville Chase and the adults launch a search party for their missing children.