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Camden Elegance and comfort are the hallmarks of this 1894 Queen Anne-style beauty, one of the few B&Bs in town with glimpses of the Camden harbor. Well-traveled owner Maryanne Shanahan offers ten guest quarters and a nicely landscaped back yard sloping down toward the harbor and a gate opening onto the town amphitheater. Six guest quarters are in the main inn and four in the rear carriage house, painted in barn red with a pale yellow trim that matches the house. Most have queensize beds (except one with twins). Appointed in upscale cabin style, the new Cloud Nine Suite covers much of the third floor. It has a sitting room with day bed and a gas log fireplace, and a bath with slipper soaking tub and separate shower. The large kingsize bedroom, decorated in gray and mauve, has a TV/VCR and a cozy table for two in the turret. The regal Regency Room, second floor rear, boasts a fireplace and an extra-large bathroom with a great water view from the washstand – if you turn sideways. Framed botanical prints enhance Jillian’s Suite, formed by dividing a large room into a fireplaced sitting room separated by french doors from the bedroom. The Turret room has a wicker chaise and a rocker in the turret, while everything from wallpaper to china accessories comes up roses in the twin-bedded Rose Room on the lower garden level. Four other prime accommodations, three with double jacuzzis and three with gas fireplaces, are in the carriage house. All have private rear decks or patio, aqua blue upholstered rocker or swivel chairs, and TV/VCRs. Maryanne renovated the downstairs Watney into “a sensuous and serene retreat,” installing a double jacuzzi and two-person shower in its large bath. A collection of birdhouses is hung as art on the walls of the Cabriolet, prized for its garden patio. The best view is from the upstairs Norfolk, a huge room with kingsize bed, extra day bed, gas stove and private deck overlooking a meditation garden, a shady lawn and the harbor. The adjacent Broughman Room offers a mahogany poster bed, stenciling around the jacuzzi and another great water view. Back in the main house is a double parlor with not one but two turrets. Healthful breakfasts featuring locally grown and organic products are served at individual tables in a formal dining room or on a spacious rear deck extending nearly the width of the house. The fare the day we visited included a fresh fruit plate, Maryanne’s secret hazelnut granola (so good she packages it for sale at the request of guests) and individual cheddar soufflés with homemade tomato salsa and mixed organic greens in a lemon-champagne vinaigrette. Other favorites are raspberry-pecan belgian waffles with sour cream, crêpes incorporating five types of organic mushrooms and dry vermouth, and peach-pecan pancakes with blueberry-peach topping. In lieu of breakfast meats she might serve fish, smoked and otherwise. Guests tell Maryanne she serves the best breakfasts they ever had. Limeade and iced tea are offered summer afternoons on the deck.
For more information: www.camdenhawthorn.com Eight rooms and two suites with private baths.
Doubles, $149 to $289 May to mid-November, $99 to $199 rest of year.
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