LENOX, MA. – Treat yourself to a sumptuous Victorian tea in a beautiful Gilded Age mansion at Ventfort Hall in Lenox on Saturday, December 14 at 1 pm.

Tea will be served in the elegant dining room on seasonal holiday china and will include an assortment of savories and pastries accompanied by the Morgan Blend black tea and our special Simpson and Vail Sugar Plum Fairy tea. The proceeds from this event help us fund our mission of restoring the mansion.

Stop into our gift shop while you are here for tea where you will find something for everyone on your gift list. There you will find holiday themed gifts and stocking stuffers as well as music boxes, tea strainers, note card packs, puzzles, books, tea assortments, perfumes, and jewelry to name a few. Tickets holders to the tea will receive 10% off gift shop purchases.

Tickets are $40 and reservations required. For reservations visit https://gildedage.org/pages/calendar or call us at (413) 637-3206. Please note that all tickets are nonrefundable and non-exchangeable. The historical mansion is located at 104 Walker Street in Lenox.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated by the Massachusetts Cultural Council as an important partner of the Lenox Cultural District, one of the five such Berkshire County districts, Ventfort Hall Gilded Age Mansion and Museum was built in 1893 for George and Sarah Morgan, the sister of legendary financier J. Pierpont Morgan.

Self-guided tours of the historic mansion are offered daily, as well as Tea & Talks, such exhibitions as the Bellefontaine Collection, concerts, theater, ghost tours and hunts as well as other programs. This elegant Jacobean-Revival Berkshire “cottage” is open to the public year-round and is available for private rental. Ventfort Hall, also an Official Project of Save America’s Treasures program sponsored by The White House, has undergone substantial restoration, which continues.