Abbey Dore Court is a country house in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England.
It was built in the Golden Valley in 1861 for Thomas Freke Lewis. It includes the former public house, the Red Lion Inn which was built in the early 1800s. The property was owned by the Partridge family and then later by the Prothero family of Malpas Court. The house is now surrounded by a significant plantsman's garden created by the previous owner, Charis Ward, since 1976. These, and the Stables Tearooms, were open to the public but are no longer.
In 2010, the house underwent significant renovation and internal modernisation in order to be let for holiday rentals.
Dore Abbey, the 1147 Cistercian abbey, which is still used as the village place of worship, is nearby.
In April 2010 and September 2011, Abbey Dore Court was the subject of a Channel 4 television documentary presented by hotelier Ruth Watson as part of her Country House Rescue series.[1]
The property was sold in 2018 and is now privately owned.
- ^ "Country House Rescue". 4 Homes. Channel 4. Retrieved 16 September 2011.