A full breakfast usually includes delicious dishes made from authentic Colonial recipes with fruit and honey from our garden, and interesting historical conversation with your hosts.
"We could not have had a more pleasant stay anywhere else in Williamsburg than we had here with you – in-house costume-rental, country dancing, history lessons, nutmeg syrup, and … a rabbit! The two of you excel in charm, courtesy, and hospitality, and helped our vacation be truly memorable. Huzzah!"
The Queen bed with stop-fluting was designed by architect Peter Harrison and made by John Townsend of Newport RI about 1770. The extra-long twin bed with barley-sugar turnings was made of English walnut in Boston about 1700. The dressing table with block-front decorated by carved shells was designed by Harrison and made by Edmund Townsend of Newport. The bonnet-topped highboy with carved shells was designed by Harrison and made by the Townsend-Goddards of Newport. A 1760 side chair by Harrison and John Goddard of Newport has elaborate tracery.
"Thank you for giving our family such a restful, peaceful stay as we made the move from our old home in Williamsburg to Oregon. My 4-year-old daughter keeps talking about her favorite yellow house and the bunny. I keep thinking of the delicious breakfasts."
The Queen bed was designed for George Washington in 1783 by Jonathan Gostelowe of Philadelphia. The exquisitely carved Philadelphia highboy was made by James Gillingham about 1765. Also featured is a Philadelphia armchair by William Savery about 1755. These are truly rooms built to museum standards.
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The climate in Williamsburg is delightful year-round. Average highs in January reach 48 degrees, while July is warmer with average highs near 88 degrees.
Some unique recipes from Virginia's colonial heritage can be sampled at some of Williamsburg's rustic eateries like Kings' Arms Tavern, Shields' Tavern and Chownings' Tavern. Visit one of these pubs to enjoy such colonial dishes as Apple Tansey, Carolina Fish Muddle, Gingerbread, Shepherd's Pie, Welsh Rabbit and Peanut Soup.
Not only was food different during the colonial period, but so were manners and language — as both were more formal and rigid. As a boy, George Washington learned these, and many other, lessons about the proper way to behave: "If you Cough, Sneeze, Sigh, or Yawn, do it not Loud but Privately; and speak not in your Yawning, but put your handkerchief or Hand before your face and turn aside. Let your Countenance be pleasant but in Serious Matters somewhat Grave."
Some unique recipes from Virginia's colonial heritage can be sampled at some of Williamsburg's rustic eateries like Kings' Arms Tavern, Shields' Tavern and Chownings' Tavern. Visit one of these pubs to enjoy such colonial dishes as Apple Tansey, Carolina Fish Muddle, Gingerbread, Shepherd's Pie, Welsh Rabbit and Peanut Soup.
Not only was food different during the colonial period, but so were manners and language — as both were more formal and rigid. As a boy, George Washington learned these, and many other, lessons about the proper way to behave: "If you Cough, Sneeze, Sigh, or Yawn, do it not Loud but Privately; and speak not in your Yawning, but put your handkerchief or Hand before your face and turn aside. Let your Countenance be pleasant but in Serious Matters somewhat Grave."
