The Tabley House Stately Home — Attraction in Tabley Inferior

upon arrival strong smell of cigarette smoke at entrance, dog in cage which alarmed me as my daughter has a dog phobia, upon entering tearoom further two dogs being fed at table by their owners -again this concerned me as my pregnant daughter was quite scared. Upon being seated there were cobwebs on the window sills with dead flies, very unhygienic. the server did not have an apron and a young girl hung the serving area. the owner touched the dogs then proceeded to serve cakes to us of which we did not eat. cakes were ok but more shocking was lack of warm scones. Very dry and clotted cream was runny - not at all enjoyable. We have had afternoon teas all over the world and for a stately home this was outright most disappointing, The hygiene was what I could not get over. For the price it was extremely poor service and I would much prefer to have afternoon tea in chester of noted establishment. overall experience very poor - would most certainly not be returning. I just noticed that it was newly reopened and my first overall impression was not good - also the cost at £19.99 per person not cheap. We ended up taking cakes home but the server must have realised the cakes were pretty much...

Tabley is a fascinating house with an interesting family history. Only one floor is open, which means you can look closely at everything and have time to talk leisurely to the very knowledgeable guides. There are lots of wonderful paintings and artefacts, and a connection to J.M.W. Turner…

Don’t miss the excellent tea room where you can sample delicious scones and cakes as well as hot food and sandwiches. The tea room leads into the chapel, which is free to enter and contains a stunning Burne-Jones stained...

A fine Palladian mansion built in 1767 to replace the previous C14th Old Hall that was on a nearby moated island and a later Georgian house. The upper floors are now a nursing home but the ground floor original State Rooms that's open to the public, house a fabulous collection of paintings including Turner, Reynolds and Lely as well as furniture and family artefacts. There's also an excellent tea room with an ornate chimneypiece from 1619. The adjoining C17th St Peter's Chapel has beautiful stained...