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Staunton Twenty-three rooms and suites varying in size from
small to vast are offered in five side-by-side townhouses and two houses
across the street. All were grandly restored by Joe Harman, one of the
few The couple had been searching for the right B&B
location for more than three years. “When we found Theirs is a comfortable refuge of uncommon appeal and value. Because of the buildings' heritage and layout, rooms vary widely. The twelve in the original townhouses – all recently refurbished – range from a second-floor suite reached by a graceful, curved stairway and containing a large living room and two bedrooms to a walkout English basement bedroom with a queensize bed and a sitting area with floral sprigged wallpaper. Works of Virginia artists, American antiques, ceiling fans, good reading lamps, phones, TVs and terrycloth robes are in each room. All have modern baths. Most rooms have private entrances, and guests are not likely to run into each other except on the nicely landscaped cobblestone terrace, an outdoor gathering spot, or in the spacious tearoom below, where breakfast is served by the hands-on innkeepers, who live upstairs. The edible landscaping produces a bounty of beets, peppers, onions, squash, zucchini, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, muskmelons and cherries as well as colorful flowers. Lately, more rooms, suites and common facilities were added in two substantial residences across the street, one dating to 1820 and the other to 1898. Decorated to the period, some have fireplaces and jacuzzis. We admired a new suite with twelve-foot-high ceilings, a solid walnut canopy bed and an armoire with TV/VCR – a considerable value for $140. The new properties include meeting and dining rooms for groups, and add to the Frederick House’s billing as “a small hotel in the European tradition.” As classical music played in the dining room, we enjoyed a breakfast of orange juice, grapefruit and a choice of ham and cheese quiche or egg casserole with whole-wheat toast. Upon request, the innkeepers played tapes of the Statler Brothers country singers, hometown boys who made good.
For more information: www.frederickhouse.com
Material excerpted from Inn Spots & Special Places / Mid-Atlantic, by Nancy and Richard Woodworth. Copyright 2003. Wood Pond Press E-mail feedback to: Home
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