Connecticut, United States

Belden House & Mews

Price per night from$437.00

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If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

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Style

Local muse

Setting

Hugging the Historic District

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A steeped-in-history Connecticut town, Litchfield’s narrative is a long and colorful tale — and at Belden House & Mews, it’s told captivatingly. The town’s historic architecture is chronicled through this boutique hotel’s restful rooms, and its standalone mews brings Modernist musings into the mix. Its contemporary chapters unfold in its artisan-crafted furnishings, and the restaurant’s plot-to-plate menu is a page turner in itself, with a nature-backed spa as your mind-quieting epilogue…

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

29, including four suites.

Check–Out

11am; check-in is at 4pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates don’t usually include breakfast, but à la carte options are available at the restaurant for an extra charge. If you are on the Breakfast package, you'll get $25 in credit for each morning.

Also

One of the Mews’ Grand Balcony Rooms (409) has been adapted for guests with limited mobility, and has a dedicated parking space right by its one-level entrance. There are ramps into the main house, and wheelchair access to all of the hotel’s communal spaces, including the fully accessible Bathhouse.

At the hotel

Gardens, lawn club, butler service (on request, for an additional fee), gym, living areas and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: Apple TV, Tivoli speaker, climate control, minibar, Nespresso coffee machine, tea-making kit, free bottled water, umbrellas to borrow, bathrobes, slippers and Wildsmith bath products.

Our favourite rooms

For a taste of this pad’s 19th-century past, the Belden House Grand Room is a sturdy starting point with original features, all-embracing bay windows and a working wood burner — ask for Room 204, and you’ll have your very own balcony, too. When it comes to the standalone Modernist Mews, the One-Bedroom Suite has our hearts for its built-in dry bar, sprawling living space and private garden. And if you’re bringing your buddies, the Belden House Penthouse sleeps six across three cosseting bedrooms.

Poolside

The 50-foot heated, outdoor pool opens as the weather warms, bringing a welcome place to break from boules and cool off with a book and a bathe during sun-soaked afternoons.

Spa

Set in the garden’s standalone Bathhouse, each treatment room puts Wildsmith’s organic products at the centre of tailored-to-you massages, facials and scrubs. The wet room (with its sauna, steam room, salt scrub and cold plunge shower) may be blue, but you certainly won’t be after a restorative session; and there’s a Japanese-style ‘ofuro’ tub proved to steady sleep schedules and soothe walking-weary muscles.

Packing tips

Bring your competitive streak for a round of boules on the lawn.

Also

We’ve heard word that the estate’s renovation of the old firehouse will be opening as an events space soon for a rotating schedule of convivial events.

Children

It’s over-12s only at Belden House & Mews.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

By the lofty windows for a sun-dappled summer meal, or near the mansion’s 19th-century fireplace as the mercury drops.

Dress Code

Leave the patterns behind for this one, and let the Dining Room’s pin-striped banquettes do the work.

Hotel restaurant

Original emerald-hued hearths and light-welcoming bay windows may reference the past in the Dining Room restaurant, but its menu is assuredly modern. Crafted by Chelsea Hotel alum, chef Tyler Heckman, dishes draw on the hotel’s network of sustainable suppliers, referencing the region in each homespun, seafood-focused pick. Options will flow with the seasons, so expect things to change often, but New England classics (such as brown butter lobster rolls, potato-paired clam chowders and oysters with house-made horseradish jam) are honored staples whatever the weather.

Hotel bar

You can’t miss it, and you won’t want to. The Bar’s good-looking, bright green tones may be first to hold your attention, but it’s the masterfully mixed cocktails that’ll have you coming back for more. Locally distilled spirits form the base of these creative concoctions; and if you’d rather something classic, there’s a lengthy list of artisanal ales, local lagers and sommelier-selected wines to satisfy curious palates.

Last orders

Breakfast is served from 7.30am to 11am; lunch is between 11am and 5pm, and dinner is dished 5pm to 9pm. The Bar pours from 11am till 11pm.

Room service

Anything from the Dining Room’s menu can be brought to your bed during its opening hours.

Location

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Address
Belden House & Mews
31 North Street
Litchfield
06759
United States

Resting in a restored three-acre estate by the Litchfield Hills, Belden House & Mews puts you in the quaint heart of this Connecticut town’s historic centre, along North Street.

Planes

Connecticut’s best-connected hub is Bradley International Airport, around an hour’s drive from the hotel by car. If you’re touching down either at Boston Logan or in New York, at either JFK or LaGuardia, it’s a slightly further two-hour drive, depending on traffic. Private transfers can be arranged from all four airports, for an additional charge.

Trains

Stations are sparse in Litchfield, but if you were hoping to hop on the Amtrak, the storied service’s nearest stop is Hartford Union Station. From there, staff can arrange a private car for the final 50-minute drive to the hotel.

Automobiles

Litchfield itself is fairly walkable, but you’ll need a car if you’re planning on exploring beyond its borders. There’s free private parking at the hotel for those arriving with their wheels.

Worth getting out of bed for

With settler origins dating back to 1715, this town’s past is one to be pondered. Head to Litchfield Historical Society for an overview of Connecticut’s colonial roots; before booking in for a day at the White Memorial Conservation Center, where 40 miles of hiking trails and boat-idling access to Bantam Lake make recess a nature-filled affair. Outdoor pursuits continue at Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy, an acres-wide expanse that houses over 100 different species of aquatic birds.

If you’re more artistically inclined, galleries aren’t scarce around these streets, and Jennifer Terzian Gallery — with its walls of modern works — makes for a strong start. Don’t be shocked should Belden’s rooms bring inspiration for your own renovations, and if that’s the case, stop in at Jeffrey Tillou Antiques, just off East Street, for one-of-a-kind curios. 

Local restaurants

Lauded Italian plates at Materia Ristorante may feel more Lombardy than Litchfield, but its award-winning fare has its foot firmly in Connecticut, too, with seasonal ingredients straight from the state’s by-the-sea suppliers. Arethusa Farm has been providing the town’s produce since 1868, and at fine-dining Al Tavolo its impact is felt first-hand, courtesy of head chef Dan McGill’s rooted-in-the-region menus. And over at West Street Grill, brasserie-like interiors and elevated American classics will have you quickly understanding just why its talked-about tables have been lined with locals for over three decades.

Local cafés

Picnics are made all the more alluring with crust-bursting sandwiches from Litchfield Green’s Petraroia Deli. And at Krafted Brew Lab, morning boosts come courtesy of steaming cuppa Joes and oven-warm bakes.

Local bars

Beers are as local as the views up at The Abner’s rooftop bar, Verdict; and if you’re looking for takeaway tipples, roam the Wise Old Dog’s rows of worldwide wines and Stateside ales.

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this home-like hotel in Connecticut and unpacked their Dumais Made pottery and locally distilled spirits, a full account of their quaint New England break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Belden House & Mews in Litchfield…

There’s a feeling of familiarity as soon as you step inside Belden House & Mews. Your congenial Litchfield locale may be partly to thank, but it's with owner-and-designer Anthony Champalimaud (the revered name behind Smith sister-stay, Troutbeck) that our gratitude lies.

Set on a three-acre estate, the hotel’s individually designed rooms are set across two buildings. The main house dates back to the 19th century, with its original Georgian features still very much intact (period tiling, original fireplaces, lofty ceilings, restored fabric wallcoverings). The mews is the newer of the two — built in 1959 and infused with Modernist influences and mid-century accents. 

But as a North Street resident himself, its Champalimaud’s ties to the town that really bring the pride of place felt in each and every detail: Connecticut-crafted ceramics, handmade furnishings from a local woodworker and the provenance-proud plates that give the restaurant its lauded reputation. It’s the hotel’s consummate connection with Litchfield that fires the warmth of its welcome.

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