I quickly realised this was going to be impossible because not every NT property serves scones. I then pootled along for nine years (NINE YEARS!) visiting as many properties and troughing as many scones as I could without really applying any firm rules.
But I'm getting closer to the finishing line, so I really need to define where the finishing line actually is. Otherwise, how will we know when I'm done? I could be left wandering the country for years, like a jam-covered ghost that everyone has forgotten about.
So here are the rules:
- The National Trust Scone Blogger (hereafter NTSB) will aim to visit every NT property in the 2022 Handbook that has a cup symbol by it (the cup symbol denoting there is a food outlet).
- If there are properties that do not have a cup symbol in the Handbook but the NTSB is made aware that there is a tea room serving scones, the NTSB can choose to include these properties. However, this is not mandatory.
- If the property has a cup symbol but the NTSB believes that the food outlet a) is no longer open or b) is limited to a kiosk with no discernible means of serving scones or c) is run by a tenant rather than by the NT themselves, the NTSB can choose to exclude these properties.
By my reckoning from the 2022 Handbook:
- There are 280 National Trust properties that don't have a food outlet
- There are 231 National Trust properties that have a food outlet of some sort
So this is the list of the still-to-visit properties as of 19 March 2022:
- Aira Force (Cumbria)
- Ascott (Buckinghamshire)
- Barrington Court (Somerset)
- Branscombe (Devon)
- Brean Down (Somerset)
- Castle Drogo (Devon)
- Claife Viewing Station (Cumbria)
- Claydon (Buckinghamshire)
- Dinefwr (Wales)
- Dunstable Downs (Bedfordshire)
- East Soar (Devon)
- Glendurgan Gardens (Cornwall)
- Godolphin (Cornwall)
- Hatfield Forest (Essex)
- Heddon Valley (Devon)
- Knightshayes (Devon)
- Lorna Doone Valley (Devon)
- Lundy (Devon)
- Lytes Carey (Somerset)
- Newark Park (Gloucestershire)
- Penrose (Cornwall)
- Pentire (Cornwall)
- Plas yn Rhiw (Wales)
For full transparency, these have a cup symbol but aren't included:
- Alderley Edge - not NT-run
- Bossington - not NT-run
- Burton Bradstock - not NT-run
- Clent Hills - not NT-run
- Horner Wood - not NT-run
- Marsden Moor - no NT tea room
- Llanerchaeron - not NT-run
- Mr Straw's House - no NT tea room
- Murlough - no NT tea room
- Parke - not NT-run
- Portstewart Stand - not NT-run
- Porthor - not NT-run
- Reigate Hill - not NT-run
- Rhosili - not NT-run
- Roundhouse - not NT-run
- The Courts - closed
To my knowledge, I have visited every other property with a tea room that is not listed above.
If you think anything in these lists is incorrect, let me know in the Comments.
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