Rougham Estate Shop: Lifestyle and Garden
OPENING TIMES
- Rougham Estate Shop 10:00 – 16:00
- Open daily, including bank holidays
Address
Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
SatNav: IP30 9HZ
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About the Rougham Estate Shop
The Rougham Estate Shop is a treasure trove of delights throughout the year. From January to October it specialises in Lifestyle and Garden items and from mid-October to December it transforms into the most magical Christmas Shop.
Situated next to Roots Café, for most of the year this shop is filled with countryside-inspired finds from dried flowers and colourful vases to rustic candles, flower-arranging tools, home fragrances and seasonal home décor.
Come and discover useful gardening essentials, soft cushions, delightful throws, BBQ accessories, garden furniture, eco-friendly toys, thoughtful gifts and even a few treats for your dog. Each item is carefully chosen to enhance your home and garden, without compromising your commitment to the environment.
Well-behaved dogs are welcome in the shop with a paws-on-the-floor policy.
Please do keep your dog under control and ensure that your dog does not disturb other people’s enjoyment of the premises or block passageways.
Blackthorpe Barn is a step-free location with dedicated accessible parking near the entrance and two accessible toilets, one in the cafe, and one in the courtyard.
Find out more and buy Rougham Estate gift vouchers by clicking here. (Opens in new tab)
Muddy Stilettos Regional Award Winner
What an honour to have been voted the 2024 Regional Muddy Stilettos Winner for the Best Lifestyle Store in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire!
Thank you to each one who voted for us – it made our year, especially considering we had only just opened the Garden and Lifestyle Shop a few months before.
If you haven’t been to visit yet, here’s a good reason to come by!!
Bringing the outside in
A curated selection of lifestyle items with a focus on eco-friendly beauty.
Enjoy themed areas such as the rustic room, kitchen garden and more; you’ll find plenty to encourage your creativity and lovely pieces to give as gifts. Beyond décor items, the Rougham Estate Shop also features household and garden essentials like small tools, aprons, tea towels, well-being products such as handmade soaps and bath oils as well as cards and gift wrap.
Cards, gift wrap, ribbons and bags
Dried flowers, vases, candles and much more
Delightful decorations and fragrances
Stylish and Sustainable
The lifestyle shop is filled with beautiful interior touches and useful functional finds, with each piece carefully chosen to help you decorate your both your indoor or outdoor spaces. You’ll discover seasonal home décor items from coloured glass and rustic vases to table pieces that bring warmth and charm to your home; perfect whether you’re dressing up a garden table or setting the scene indoors.
Our collections of dried flowers are all grown in England, including some picked from our own garden here on Rougham Estate. They bring a natural, countryside charm to your home and are a simple way to add calm to any room.
The beauty care products are all made in the UK and are created with sustainability at heart; plastic-free packaging, gorgeous garden-inspired scents and products that feel as good as they look.
You’ll also find beautifully designed cards, gift wrap and bags, all created by British designers we have met personally, which are perfect for adding a delightful touch to any gift.
Gift Vouchers for the Shop and Café
Gift vouchers for the Rougham Estate Shop make a thoughtful present for anyone who loves beautiful things. Perfect for spending in both the Lifestyle and Garden Shop (January – mid-October) and the magical Christmas Shop (mid-October to December), they can be used to choose from our carefully curated selections of homeware, gifts, and seasonal treasures.
Vouchers are available from £25 to £200 and can also be used at Roots Café, the Pantry Shop and towards buying Christmas trees.
Valid for 1 year from the date of purchase, they can be spent over multiple visits. Give the gift that lets your special person enjoy choosing something they’ll truly love.
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Where to find us
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
SatNav: IP30 9HZ
Plenty of free parking on site.
Please keep to the 20mph speed limit.
Disabled access available
This is a rural location and paths can be muddy.
The car parks close when Roots Café closes and the entrance gates are locked after this time.
Blackthorpe Barn is situated just south of Junction 45 of the A14, three miles east of Bury St Edmunds, in the village of Rougham.
Look out for the entrance gates to a long tree-lined avenue at the White House junction.
The Barn is down the avenue, on the right.
Questions?
All our dried flowers are grown and dried within the UK, with many grown locally in Suffolk and some are from our own garden on Rougham Estate.
Yes, wheelchairs and mobility scooters are able to be used everywhere around Blackthorpe Barn, without any steps. However, due to the nature of the shop being housed in a historic farm building, navigating with mobility scooters can be difficult, especially at busy times and particularly at the weekends.
To ensure the safety of all our customers, it might be easier to visit on quieter days during the week where we can better assist you with access, or use an alternative mobility aid, if possible.
There are accessible parking spaces near the entrance and two accessible toilets, one in the café and one in the courtyard.
You can find out more about the location from the Ground Plan.
You are welcome to pay either by card or cash in the Garden and Lifestyle shop.
We are doing our best to source our offerings from reputable sources and known origins, knowing many of our suppliers personally.
Most of our stock is made from glass, stone, ceramic and metal, avoiding plastic as much as possible.
We are aiming to offer a curated selection of beautiful lifestyle items with a focus on sustainability and beauty.
Yes we do! Gift vouchers are available to buy from £25 upwards and can be used in Roots Café and the Rougham Estate Shop, including the Christmas Shop, Roots Pantry Shop and towards buying Rougham Estate Christmas trees.
Gift vouchers last for 1 year from the date of purchase and can be used over multiple visits. They make great gifts, with a wide range of items to spend them on.
You can find out more and buy Rougham Estate gift vouchers by clicking here (opens in new tab).
Yes, well-behaved dogs are welcome in the shop with paws on the floor.
We sell doggie treats which are locally made and other doggie items too.
- Please keep your dog under control at all times and ensure that your dog does not disturb other people’s enjoyment of the premises or block any passageways.
The Garden and Lifestyle Shop is set out in part of what has been known as the Christmas Shop for years.
But don’t worry, we are busy working behind the scenes to create the well-loved Christmas Shop for the coming season and it will be opening again mid-October.
Grab a bite of lunch
Just next door to the Rougham Estate Shop is Roots Café, serving breakfasts, lunches and coffee and cake, using tasty locally-sourced ingredients wherever possible.
Enjoy a wander
There are plenty of walks starting from Blackthorpe Barn, with Rougham Estate offering 18 miles of public footpaths and popular cycling routes, alongside additional permissive paths.
Coupled with the café and the shop, this creates a superb destination for a relaxing day out in the Suffolk countryside and to enjoy the changing seasons.
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Don’t like wasting food? This fermentation workshop is for you…
Fermentation is a natural, low-energy way to preserve seasonal produce. The friendly microbes turn sugars into delicious tangy, long-lasting foods, helping you save surplus veg and cut waste.
Great served as a condiment, in sandwiches or with a bit of cheese 😋
In this workshop you’ll learn to make kimchi, sauerkraut, pickles and more using fresh produce.
The session includes guided fermentation, tastings, safe-storage tips and take-home jars so you can keep fermenting at home.
Spaces are limited — details and tickets can be found on our website.
#workshop #roughamestate #whattodoinbury
Ready for this week’s tasty new arrivals at Roots Cafe? Pop in today, we’re open daily 9–4 and pouring a refreshing Lemon & Elderflower Fizz special.
Or dishing up brunch of toasted sourdough topped with avocado, grilled Halloumi, pesto and dukkah spice.
If you fancy something a bit lighter we have pesto pasta salad with courgette, corn and cucumber trips topped with feta chunks and lemon and mint dressing.
Swing by this week and give them a try, see you at Roots!
#roughamestate #specials #summerdishes
Want to win £100 to spend at Rougham Estate? Tag us in your photo taken on the Estate and mention this competition in your caption.
Do you have some lovely pictures you’ve taken around here on the Estate? We’d love to see them and we’re offering a prize for the best one as voted for by our judging panel, and our visitors and followers.
If your photo is picked as the favourite, you will win a £100 gift voucher to spend at Roots Café or at the Rougham Estate Shop, which includes the Christmas Shop and Christmas trees. The voucher is valid for 1 year and can be spent over multiple visits. What would you spend your £100 on?
To enter, post your picture on Instagram, tag us @roughamestate and mention Rougham Estate Through Your Lens Competition in the caption.
Here are some example pictures we’ve taken around the Barn. Why not visit the Estate this weekend and see what pictures you can take. It’s free to visit with free parking.
All the details about the competition can be found on our website.
This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram. By entering, entrants confirm they are 18+ years of age, release Instagram of responsibility and agree to Instagram’s terms of use.
#burystedmunds #suffolkphotography #photographycompetition #suffolkcountryside
It’s set to be one of the warmest days on record, followed by a rather warm weekend too!
Please note: To help look after the welfare of our team, the Shop and Roots Café will be closing at 2pm today (Friday). Thank you for your understanding.
So why not stay cool and hydrated with one of our iced drinks?
Each week we feature a special made from our homemade seasonal syrups. A very popular refreshing choice is the lemon & mint spritz, which is still on special it’s that popular!
There’s no better excuse to visit Rougham Estate to cool down and enjoy a delicious iced drink in the beautiful Suffolk countryside.
#drinkspecial #iceddrink #roughamestate
We are seeking a new Barista! So if you have an interest in coffee and enjoy making people smile, we would love to hear from you.
Roots is a reputable café set in a beautiful, scenic location, and we pride ourselves on creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere for both our customers and our staff. This role is perfect if you are looking for a reliable, lovely place to work where your day-to-day efforts are genuinely valued.
You will get to work with a fantastic team in a gorgeous setting, doing what you do best. If this sounds like the right fit for you, please tap the link in our profile to view the full details and apply.
#vacancy #roughamestate #jobadvert
Our courtyard planters have had a refresh thanks to the green fingered Chris Watson from Watson Plants.
They have really brightened up the courtyard and make a real treat for those eating al fresco. 🌷
If you would like any plant or gardening advice, Chris will be back with us on the 3-4th July from 10am-4pm.
#courtyardreferesh #roughamestate #gardeninglove
Learn how to turn your kitchen into a flavour lab by joining the Fermentation Workshop, here at Rougham Estate!
On Saturday 25 July from 11:00–12:30 – at Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham Estate, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 9HZ)
You’ll get hands‑on tuition from fermentation experts with two delicious ferments to take home that you will have made yourself.

All ingredients and equipment provided.
Spaces are limited and selling fast.
Secure your spot now by booking via our website – link in our bio.
Bring your curiosity, leave with tasty jars and new skills. This is perfect for beginners or anyone who loves bold flavours.
#fermentation #workshop #handsonlearning #roughamestate
This weeks specials are summer on a plate!
Bold and fresh, packed with goodness and bursting with taste. Only available this week we have:
Brunch – heirloom tomato, burrata, toast, lemon, basil, pepper with balsamic glaze.
Salad – mixed leaf, ricotta peach, golden beetroot, pine nuts with pickled reds.
Only at Roots Cafe! Open 9am-4pm daily.
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