The Stables Tearoom
Abbey Dore Court
Nr Hereford
Herefordshire
HR2 OAD

The Stables Tearoom - the third generation

The Stables Tearoom opened in 1983. It was opened by my mother Sarah Sage (now Evison). Charis Ward my grandmother owns and runs Abbey Dore Court Gardens. The Tearoom started quietly offering visitors light lunches, home made cakes, cream teas and ice creams. This gradually increased to include a Gift Gallery, Teddy Bear Loft and a Dairy Museum.

This quickly turned into a thriving business for the Sage family. In 1998 Sarah remarried and moved to Guernsey resulting in the Gift Gallery, Dairy Museum and Bears Loft closing. Since then the Tearoom has been run by different contractors.

In 2007 our contractor pulled out of running the Tearoom after only 1 week. My grandmother and I had to take over the Tearoom for the summer season. It was exhausting for both of us as I work full time and my grandmother had to do the gardens as well. The Tearoom quickly closed at the end of the 2007 season. I realised to reopen I would need to plan it properly, make quite a few changes and do it all in my own time. So changes have been made and opening times altered but hopefully I can now offer visitors a relaxing time in a beautiful location.

We opened on the 4^th April 2009. I have early childhood memories of sitting in the yard watching my mother running back and forth. As soon as we were old enough we helped in the Tearoom usually washing up! So running the tearoom will all be second nature to me!

My Grandmother has spent all of winter 2008 clearing and preparing the garden with the help of my brother Julian. I have spent time refurbishing the Tearoom and updating the stable yard with many thanks to my family and friends for all their help.

I hope you will come and visit the Tearoom and the gardens very soon.