Seymour's Wine Bar
Seymour's Wine Bar, in the shadow of St Werburgh's Church
ucked away in St Werburgh's
Churchyard, behind the former
church off Cheapside, is Seymour's
Wine Bar and Restaurant which is
known to be haunted by the figure of
an old lady, dressed in grey, who is
said to frequent the upper regions of
the property. Several stories have
been related to me concerning the
appearance of this ghost and many of
the sightings are said to be 'pre-
announced' by the smell of lavender,
which pervades the room to the
extent of 'stinging the nostrils' as one
young lady described it.
everal strange incidents took place
in the building when a former
manager lived there. On several
occasions he would find that cutlery
had been moved around and placed
in a different order. Other items
would occasionally disappear, only to
reappear at a later date, sometimes in
the same place. often in a totally
different location, days or weeks later.
he area known as the 'Bake
House', in the upper regions of the
building, was often reported by staff
to have a 'watchful presence'. On
several occasions staff felt themselves
being touched by unseen hands, but
never did anyone feel that they were
meant any harm. in fact, all the
employees were quite happy with
their unseen guests.
he adjacent graveyard of St
Werburgh's is also said to be haunted
by several spirits and one former
worker at Seymour's informed me
that on several occasions he had seen
the figure of a man appear to walk
through the wall into the building.
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