Wine and dine at Kew Palace - 29 Oct 2009

The eve of Halloween is perfect timing for this evening of witchcraft at Kew Palace and this SaVVy Club dinner event is only one of four dinners ever held here – including the Queen!

Greeted by champagne on arrival, SaVVy members will enjoy a three course meal and a tour of the palace – including the attic beams.

If any ghosts are in residence, they will be hopefully be in hiding whilst you enjoy a very special tour of the historical roof timbers in the attic at Kew Palace. The timbers are engraved with a series of ritual protection marks that are not easy to spot by the untrained eye.

During the time the Palace was built in the 1630s, England was a very superstitious nation and people often denounced others for witch-craft and held witch-trials.  When constructing houses, carpenters often left marks such as scribed circles or the letter V in 'vulnerable' places such as near windows, chimneys or doorways as they believed this would ward off evil.