Last week we visited the ancient city of Chester; on that day we used two tea rooms that were located in very old buildings:
The first was the Café 1092 in the Cathedral where I had tea and a cake. This location is the Monk’s Refectory (Dining Room) built in the 13th Century:
It’s not every day you can enjoy a cuppa in a 700-800 year old building! The stained glass window is the ‘Creation Window’ depicting the six days of creation.
The second place we visited was a bit more recent – 14th Century. This was Katies Tea rooms where we enjoyed a light lunch in what was the store room of a 14th Century merchant’s house. Here are 2 views from where I was sitting:
Lunch in a 600-700 year old tea room – not bad! (the lunch was good too…) As it was a ‘grade 2’ listed building there were limitations on how they could use the building: that meant to use the ‘facilities’ you had to go up 2 flights of stairs and through several rooms.