Built in 1820 as a stage coach stop, offering 6 rooms
with private baths and decorated in period and country furnishings.
Full breakfasts are included and a 4 course dinner is
available with advanced notice. There are several rooms with fireplaces
and an English style pub for your enjoyment.
Rowell's Inn is one of those places that ought to be
viewed from a horse drawn sleigh or a vintage car. Sitting as it does on
a bend between Chester and Londonderry.
No one needs to produce credentials to prove that the
inn belongs on the National Register of Historic Places. The Greek
Revival style brick building is a fine example of an unusual recessed
gable style found in the Connecticut Valley, Vermont and occasionally in
New Hampshire.
The past takes over as soon as one opens the door, the
place overflows with historic detail. Rowell's Inn offers hospitality
and service not found in many other places. Rowell's offers lavishly
beautiful rooms with many antique furnishing, country breakfasts, a four
course dinner, cigar pub, rooms with fireplaces, all in a relaxing New
England setting.
Rooms:
Miss Caitlin:
This room is situated at the front of the Inn with
access to a wonderful balcony overlooking Lyman brook as it crosses
Route 11. The room has a sitting area, with a couch & armchair.
Feel free to enjoy one of the novels from the built in bookcases or
curl up with one of your own and enjoy the peace and quite of the
fireplace on a cool Fall or Winter's day. In the Spring or Summer
enjoy conversation, your book or wave to a fellow traveler from the
balcony as you rock to the sound of the brook.
Master William:
This room is situated at the front of the Inn with
access to a wonderful balcony overlooking Lyman brook as it crosses
Route 11. The room has a sitting area, with a comfortable set of
armchairs. Feel free to enjoy one of the novels from the built in
bookcases throughout the Inn or curl up with one of your own and enjoy
the peace and quite of the fireplace on a cool Fall or Winter's day.
In the Spring or Summer enjoy conversation, your book or wave to a
fellow traveler from the balcony as you rock to the sound of the
brook.
Master Joshua and Miss Juliette:
Each of these rooms feature beautiful brass or brass
& enamel beds, Master Joshua has an unusual hinged brass headboard
with lace side panels. In each of these rooms as well as Miss Caitlin
and Master William you will note the small sinks in the bedroom room,
in addition to the sinks in the private baths. This is because running
water and the sinks were added to the inn before indoor toilets were
added. Past Innkeepers have kept these in the rooms, even after the
addition of the private baths, which contained sinks of their own.
This on going dedication to preserving the historic past of the Inn is
captured throughout the establishment, please enjoy your stay.
Major Simon Suite:
Rowell's Inn's two Suites occupy the entire area of
what once was the third floor ballroom, where guests danced the night
away for the better part of two centuries. Beautiful doomed ceilings,
spacious size and period furnishings, create a room sure to relax you.
Enjoy a bottle of champagne and listen to the brook outside, and maybe
enjoy a romantic waltz with some one special, as Inn guests in years
past did.
F.A. Rowell Suite:
Rowell's Inn's two Suites occupy the entire area of
what once was the third floor ballroom, where guests danced the night
away for the better part of two centuries. Beautiful doomed ceilings,
spacious size and period furnishings, create a room sure to relax you.
Enjoy a bottle of champagne and listen to the brook outside, and maybe
enjoy a romantic waltz with some one special, as Inn guests in years
past did.
Activities:
Rowell's Inn is centrally located to areas offering a
wide variety of winter, spring/summer and fall activities. Four of
Vermont's best downhill ski areas are located 10 to 30 minutes from the
inn. Cross country and snow shoeing can be done from the inn.
Whether you want to golf, fly-fish, canoe, hike, bike or
just plain relax, Rowell's Inn can accommodate you, just as it has done
for almost 200 years.
