Experience

31 guest rooms and suites between two original buildings that epitomize the textured history of this vibrant American town

Belden House is conceived by the team which owns and operates Troutbeck, the widely acclaimed Hudson Valley estate hotel in Amenia, NY. In collaboration with Champalimaud Design, PBDW Architects, Reed+Hilderbrand landscape architects and Dumais Made lighting, Belden reinvigorates the 1888 Dr. Charles Belden mansion, “The Mews” — a c. 1960 modernist addition to the estate — and binds them together with the historic c.1891 Litchfield Firehouse. The property offers butler and valet service across 31 gorgeously appointed guest rooms and suites, a locally driven dining room, bar, along with a restorative bathhouse, treatments and fitness, in addition to a seasonal outdoor pool and lawn club.

Of the total 31 guestrooms on offer, 10 are located within the original 1888 Belden home. Averaging 400 square feet, each unique floorplan echoes the home’s historic framework and carefully preserved details. All guestrooms enjoy views to Litchfield’s architectural treasures — or, as a result of its position at higher elevation — across the treetops to surrounding and uninterrupted landscape. Thoroughly to standard, all guestrooms are subtly modernized. At the surface, all enjoy expansive bathrooms stocked with Wildsmith products, radiant heated floors, fiber internet, desk, comfortable seating and exceptional linens. Available amongst them are suites and guestrooms with fireplaces, balconies and soaking tubs, one of which is fully accessible.

The three-bedroom Penthouse (all ensuite, sleeping 6) offers an experience unique to Belden — an area totaling 2,100 square feet. Accessible via a single key to the third floor, the Penthouse offers a bountiful private living room, dining room, and roof-top terrace, with comfortable seating on which to catch the sun, breeze and unobstructed views of the Litchfield Hills to the horizon. The kitchenette is serviced discreetly and directly from Chef’s kitchen via a dumbwaiter. Here, as with all guestrooms at Belden, butler service is available 16 hours per day.

The Mews, the modernist three-wing structure set apart from the Belden home, contains 21 guestrooms and suites averaging 430 sq ft. Seven Mews rooms are accessible via their private, lushly planted terrace gardens. All of them equally spacious and serene, their palette relates to those in Belden House, punctuated with saturated tones — splashes of yellow, red, and blues — and furnished in the modernist vein. Two guest rooms, in addition, have private balconies with westward views over the pool, gardens and Litchfield Hills beyond. The Mews also houses a fully ADA accessible room.

Belden House

Belden House is an 1888 Colonial Revival mansion with meticulously preserved period details, 10 guestrooms and suites, including the Penthouse, our third floor 3-bedroom suite with three en suite bathrooms, a dedicated living room, dining room, kitchenette and private deck. Belden House also offers the common spaces associated with a stately home: the original living and dining rooms, and a library, all exceptionally outfitted by Champalimaud Design.

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Belden Mews

Belden Mews is a 1959 modernist building offering 21 guest rooms and suites. Tucked back from both North and West streets, the three-wing Mews has seven Mews Garden Rooms accessed directly through private terrace gardens and two Mews Garden Balcony Rooms with private terraces overlooking the pool, lawn and Litchfield Hills beyond. Within the Mews, three distinct sets of guest rooms may be connected or locked off to create room blocks of 2, 3 and 4 interconnected rooms. Echoing the structure's straight edges, mews rooms lean toward a mid-century decor, with accents from rich hued velvets colorful details, and grasscloth walls throughout.

Explore the Region

“The only street in America more beautiful then North Street in Litchfield, is South Street in Litchfield.”
Sinclair Lewis

Butler Service

Turn downs, of course, but also we offer Butler Service throughout Belden House & Mews. If you need a shirt pressed, dry cleaned, or clothes laundered, we'll make that happen. Fresh flowers waiting for you, a picnic lunch to enjoy at a nearby nature preserve, a romantic candlelit dinner in your room or organized at one of our local favorites, of course we can do that — with pleasure — too.