This was really quite splendid. The (plain) scone was freshly-baked and still warm, served with both butter and clotted cream, nicely accessorised with a decorative strawberry. The jam was Tiptree. A choice of flavours - I, of course, chose strawberry.

Tea was very tasty - served in a pot with a jug of real milk.

£3.95

A word of warning, however, don’t be tempted to take the guided tour of the house unless you really want to spend 2 hours of your life hearing the family tree of some mediocre nobs over and over and over and over again. Quite possibly the dullest, longest most hellish guided tour I have ever experienced. I couldn’t even bear to stay for the whole thing. After over an hour we were barely half way, so I did a runner without seeing the rest of the house. It was that or miss the chance for a cream tea - over my dead body!