User:Moswento/Four & Twenty Blackbirds

Four and Twenty Blackbirds was a tea shop located on Gold Street in Tiverton, Devon, England. Grade II listed.

The Guardian described it as "a 'tea shoppe' from heaven [with] sublime cakes and pies".

It closed in January 2012. Traditional tea room - waitress service and oak beams. Last proprieter Sally Steer, who worked there since it first opened 21 years prevoiusly under owner Jackie Webb. Lease expired, and new landlady had alternative plans for the space. Sally commented: "This has been forced upon us and is not something we wanted to happen. I was prepared to work for the new owner but unfortunately her plans for the place are radically different". One of only a few SOuth West tearooms eatured in the Japanese Tea Council’s guidebook to old-style English tearooms. Formerly an antique shop.

Owner had plans to turn it into a restaurant called 'The Merchants Teahouse and Restaurant', serving traditional English food and drink. Owner posted note on the window saying: A plea to the people of Tiverton to give us a chance and judge us when we open, on our food and hospitality and not before we have had the opportunity to show you what we can do."



Had a display of china pie birds in the window.