Complex sentence: Built around 1800 by an English privateer, the house belonged to one William Ozanne, but gained the reputation of being haunted by the spirit of a woman who had committed suicide, and was unoccupied for several years.
Split into simpler sentences: Built around 1800 by an English privateer, the house belonged to one William Ozanne. It gained the reputation of being haunted by the spirit of a woman who had committed suicide, and remained unoccupied for several years.