| A brick fireplace and fabrics in rich earthtones create a warm background for the original wood floors and simple oak furnishings of this late 19th century American-style suite. French doors open onto a verandah and the garden. The chaste beauty of these understated rooms is repeated in the quarry tile and parquet floor of the arched-ceiling bath.
Ground floor, sitting areas, queen size bed, double whirlpool tub, separate shower, garden entrance, fireplace. | | | | | Named for the mansion's architect, this cinnabar-and-cream colored room is highlighted in brass and furnished in an eclectic style. Its antique furnishings are enhanced by a lively-patterned chintz, while marble surrounds an ebony tub in the silvery-tiled bath.
Main floor, queen size bed, single whirlpool tub with shower, verandah. | | | | | This extravagantly swathed and burnished room is an interpretation of a popular Victorian decorating craze. Myriad pillows and ottomans - and a sultan's bed, tented in an iridescence of silk and covered in a tapestry of color - evoke the delights and intrigue of the alluring Middle East. Pale, kiln-fired turquoise tile colors the secluded bath.
Main floor, queen size bed, steam shower, verandah. | | | | | Rich greens, golds and burgundy comprise the palette for the elaborate papering of this extraordinary room. Polished marble fireplace, antique furnishings, tall lace-paneled-and-shuttered windows and many-paned French doors recall the lavishness of the mansion's renowned hostess. A hidden door within floor-to-ceiling bookcases opens to a sumptuous bath revealing round-arch windows, classic columns, marble and tile.
Second floor, sitting area, queen size bed, double whirlpool tub, separate shower, private balcony, fireplace. | | | | | Elegant wallpaper of Chinese silk design recalls the flamboyant American painter who once covered an entire room in peacock images. The period furnishings and the pale rose-colored tub of marble and tile bath complete this tranquil setting.
Second floor, queen size bed, single whirlpool tub with shower, verandah. | | | | | The lovely rose-and-cream colored chamber recalls the beauty and grace of the actress who charmed the 19th century society. The Eastlake antiques and carved marble fireplace elicit the sentimental mood of this High Renaissance Victorian period. Lace-paneled windows view the round shining dome of the nearby state capitol. Classic and luxurious, the bath is tiled and marbled.
Second floor, sitting area, queen size bed, double whirlpool tub with shower, verandah, fireplace. | | | | | The enigmatic Orient comes alive in this black-and-cinnabar suite where colors, fabrics and furnishings summon the beauty and mystique of the fabled Far East. Beneath the skylights of the bath, mirrored panels richly reflect the luster of the ebony tub.
Third floor, sitting area, king size bed, double whirlpool tub, separate shower, skylight windows. | | | | | The Mistress of the mansion in its lodging-house days, Carrie Pierce is the inspiration for the cream, grape and taupe warmth and charm of this airy room. Antique furnishings and an iron bedstead capture the gaiety of those now forgotten days whose lyric mood is expressed again in the sky-lighted taupe and marble bath.
Third floor, sitting area, queen size bed, double whirlpool tub, separate shower, skylight windows. | | | | | The honeyed glow of cottage pine furnishings and a sturdy four poster, provide a tranquil air in this turn-of-the-century room. Beyond the cozy privacy of green-slatted blinds lie the verandah and Victorian garden.
Ground floor, sitting area, queen size bed, standard tub with shower, garden entrance. | | | | | The eccentricities of the professor that inhabited this room at the time when the mansion was used for student and faculty housing show through in the decoration of the Atomic Room. Minimalist 50's style furniture in stark colors with sharp lines give the room a vibrant and vivacious feel, while the plasma television offers the height of modern technology. The intimate tiled bath comes equipped with a steam shower, and access to the garden is present. Do the twist or bugaloo for extra entertainment. Every guest at the Mansion Hill Inn slumbers in sumptuous, new bedding. The experience begins with our Simmons Beautyrest mattresses with Super Pockets Coil technology and fabric that gently stretches. Supremely soft, 400 count, Wamsutta Egyptian cotton sheets grace the beds and the hypoallergenic Primaloft pillows. And, finally, under a creamy diamond-stitched coverlet rests the pillowy, Primaloft comforter. | | | |
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