Abbey Dore Court

The house is now surrounded by a significant plantsman's garden created by the previous owner, Charis Ward, since 1976.

In 2010, the house underwent significant renovation and internal modernisation in order to be let for holiday rentals.

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.

The Red Lion Inn which still forms part of Abbey Dore Court dates back to the early 1800s.

In 1821 it was inherited by John Higford (1771-1852) as part of an estate in Abbey Dore consisting of 1434 acres.

[3] Captain Thomas Freke Lewis (1831-1908) in about 1861 added a Victorian Wing as well as Italian mosaic floors, moulded ceilings, a ballroom, a Jacobean staircase and a 1621 fireplace, all of which survive today.

[9] In 1919 the house was advertised for sale[10] and was sold to Lewis’s nephew (mentioned above) Lieutenant Colonel Archer George Prothero (1869-1929) who had frequently visited the estate when he was a child to see his uncle.