Burford House

About Burford House

Our Worcestershire store is in the beautiful location of Burford House, between the market towns of Tenbury Wells and Ludlow.  It is pretty unique and offers a great opportunity to shop for items for your home and garden in a very relaxed setting.

Shopping

Centered around Burford House, the stunning 3 storey Georgian Mansion and its surrounding riverside gardens, we sell an inspirational range of new, vintage and antique furniture and furnishings, original art, gifts, clothing, jewellery and traditional children’s toys and games.

We hand-pick everything, so you are guaranteed to find something different.

In Burford House you will find keenly priced English handmade sofas, French and Scandinavian furniture, candles, cushions, lighting and a vast array of accessories to personalize your home in an individual way.

For gardeners we have everything you would expect from Burford Garden Company in our historic walled Garden Centre- high quality plants, composts, pots, gifts for gardeners, tools, seeds, bulbs and garden buildings.

The adjacent Coach House, with its listed Clocktower, is home to Salvaged, a reclamation specialist, brimming with used, individual items for the period house or cottage, from radiators to fireplaces, floorboards to door knockers and quirky garden accessories. For more details visit www.salvagedltd.com

 Cafe

Our licensed riverside cafe offers delicious, freshly prepared breakfasts, lunches, afternoon teas, picnics and children’s lunch bags, with a strong focus on local and organic produce. On warmer days, you can relax outside on our terrace and soak up some of the special atmosphere of this corner of England.

We have all the facilities you would expect, including an exciting children’s play area and a spacious, free car park.

The Gardens

ENTRY TO THE GARDENS IS FREE!

Uniquely positioned where three counties meet, the 7 acres of lawn and borders of Burford House Gardens sweep along the banks of the picturesque River Teme.

The garden is reasonably relaxed in its appearance these days and following 2 very harsh winters parts of it are having to undergo a ‘natural resoration’, which takes time.  Sadly we have lost a number of mature trees, numerous clematis and other fine specimens over the past 3 years.  We prefer to not charge an admittance fee any more, so please be accepting of a few more weeds in the high season.

There are some 2000 other varieties of plants, including one of the garden’s great wonders, the giant Wisteria macrobotrys ‘Burford’, which in May cascades spectacularly down the back of the house. Planted originally in 1960, it fills the air with divine perfume, and the racemes hang sometimes two feet in length. Other highlights include the unusual Acanthus hungaricus, which look splendid in mid to late summer.

A Georgian turfed bridge spans the Ledwyche Brook and takes you to an area of wildflowers, trees and meadow, offering contrast to the intensively nurtured gardens around the house. The Burford Garden Company is responsible for the gardens and strives to uphold the traditions set by John Treasure in this dynamic garden.

The gardens are open every day all year, except Christmas Day and Boxing Day from 10am to 5pm (closing at dusk if earlier).