VOGUE: Victorian Architecture Meets Mid-Century Modernism at This Tranquil Litchfield, Connecticut Hotel
"While the hotel preserves the building’s history (just off the bar is a framed photo of Dr. Belden and his family, as a thoughtful touch), it is not, by any means, living in the past."
VOGUE's Hannah Jackson opines on Belden's loveliness in her thoughtful review.
"The three-acre hotel, situated in the picturesque Litchfield Hills, marries Victorian architecture with mid-century modernism. Champalimaud Design and PBDW Architects took great care in maintaining the integrity of Dr. Charles Belden’s 1888 colonial revivalist mansion: a three-story white clapboard house boasting a gabled roof, a sizable covered porch, and Doric columns—not to mention a sprawling lawn punctuated with white Panicle Hydrangeas designed by Reed Hilderbrand. Also on the property is the hotel’s three-wing, garden-side building, The Mews—built in 1959—which offers a more modern kick. Champalimaud Designs brought the mid-century aesthetic inside with wooden furniture and pops of primary colors."
"An air of relaxation extends to every facet of the Belden House & Mews experience, from the bathroom’s stock of Wildsmith products to the lush Frette linens on the beds and the house’s idyllic front porch, perfect for a slow morning over coffee. Outside, guests can swim in the 50-foot pool and play lawn games during the warmer months, while the bathhouse boasts a (Pilates-friendly) gym, sauna, steam room, and a 225-gallon Ofuro tub. But the highlight was undoubtedly the spa, where my esthetician, Christina, gave me a transcendent facial that left me floating between wake and sleep, and my skin feeling refreshed."