Tea at Rosemont Manor

 

A friend and I went to tea at Historic Rosemont Manor in Berryville, Virginia, located in the Shenandoah Valley.

Rosemont , originally built in 1811, is now a bed and breakfast and a popular wedding venue.  Rosemont is surrounded by a 60 acre park-like setting.  It was the home of a previous Virginia Governor and Senator, Harry Byrd. 

Tea is served in two rooms,  the one below being the prettiest.  The second one, which is green, is really more of a sun room but was also very nice.

One thing I really enjoyed about this tea was that a different tea was served with each course, and the teas were specially blended for Rosemont.



 

The food was very good and was brought out one course at a time on tiered trays.

 

First, the savories:  pimento cheese on cornbread, roasted red pepper hummus on pumpernickel, and cucumber with fresh herbs.

 

 

 

The scone course included peach scones as well as chocolate chip oat scones, served with fresh peach preserves and clotted cream.

 

Finally, for dessert we had dark chocolate caramel sea salt brownies, tiramisu bites, and lemon verbena ice cream (herbal tea inspired of course!). 

 

 

 

Here are some of the pictures inside the home:

 

(sitting area in the Bar)

 

 

(beautiful staircase in main entry--picture from the internet.  My picture didn't do it justice)

(drawing room)

 

And here are a couple of pictures of the grounds:

 

 (from the front porch)

 

(looking out on the mountains from a second floor balcony)

 

Berryville and Rosemont Manor were a wonderful outing. 

 

I'm sharing this tea experience on:

 

Tea Time Tuesday at Rose Chintz Cottage

 Bernideen's Tea in the Garden

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