The Nathaniel Lord house is an impressive federal period home from the outside. It is very original inside thanks to the previous owners of 40 years. One cool detail is a separate spiral stair that leads to the octagon rooftop lookout.
We’ve stayed at dozens of inns in the northeast and this is not a good inn. The interior is poorly furnished. The upper hallways are strangely empty where you would expect a secretary, lamps, clock, something. There is only one public all purpose room to sit in. It’s crowded & inadequate at best since the house has 16 bedrooms! They should eliminate the odd boutique store and have a few other lounge spaces & a dining area. A quality inn such as the 14 room Jackson House in Woodstock has 6 relaxing lounge areas dining. Each room has unique furnishings & period stuff in the mix.
The furnishings in the parlor here are ugly & inappropriate. They must be the result of some misguided interior decorator.
The bedrooms have a nice working fireplace & the 4 poster bed was comfortable. The only artwork over the fireplace looks like it was picked up at a yard sale. We paid $850 for 2 nights off season. The website & nosebleed prices here suggest they are in the premium hospitality biz. However our only human contact was a brief summary at check in. No innkeeper, nowhere to relax, limited breakfast with cold mini quiche, big empty building with a lot of closed doors, a few text message updates. This is the cold corporate $ mentality at its worst.