Ghosts In The Attic

After a BBC photographer, Chris Sandys captured what appeared to be a ghost on film in The Chantry’s attic (see picture right, in the doorway), the picture quickly achieved worldwide coverage within a few hours of publication, eventually being discussed on TV shows as far apart as America and to Australia generating hundreds of blog entries, Tweets and discussions on the internet!

The Chantry was featured on TV's popular Most Haunted. Yvette Fielding and crew spent a nerve-shattering nocturnal visit in the 18th century house, listening to things go bump in the night...

There have been several spectral goings on over the 300 year history of the building, with figures seen (one possibly Edward Jenner himself heading into his study), footsteps on the stairs an even the spirit of a dog has been heard running up the stairs, it's claws clattering on the wood - the only thing is that the stairs are all carpeted.....

Outside there is a Civil War battlefield in the garden and the graves of Anglo Saxon nuns too. Plenty of possibilities for restless souls.

But the Attics retain an air of separation and mystery. Housing an exhibition called "Ghosts in the Attic: from smallpox to MMR" (ironically not supposd to have anything to do with ghosts!) the rooms hark back to a past age when the terror of smallpox stalked the land. Perhaps the exhibition itself triggered the ghost in the picture.

Why not visit and make up your own mind?

Booking by appointment in advance, but also look out for special opening days on our events list.

 See our Events Page for details!