Belden House & Mews is now open in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Champalimaud Design reimagined the historic property, which spans a revived 1888 mansion, a 1959 modernist structure, and the 1891 Litchfield Firehouse. It now houses 31 guestrooms and suites, a dining room and bar, a restorative bathhouse, as well as a seasonal outdoor pool and lawn club.
Penthouse
A refresh by Champalimaud Design
Guests are welcomed through an expansive front porch and central reception area grounded by a striking fireplace.
On the first level, the Living Room features original, curved bay windows and a seating area that flows into the hotel’s restaurant, dubbed the Dining Room, which is defined by warm lighting and rich textures.
The Library, lined with historic Litchfield ephemera and selected tomes, doubles as a private dining space. Meanwhile, the Belden House & Mews’ verdant jewel-box bar offers coffee and tea by day and craft spirits and inspired cocktails by night.
Guestrooms at Belden House & Mews
Accommodations in Belden House feature unique floor plans that echo the home’s historic framework and preserved details. Ten guestrooms boast views to Litchfield’s architectural treasures and offer a mix of fireplaces, balconies, and soaking tubs.
The remaining 21 guestrooms and suites are located at the Mews, the modernist three-wing structure set apart from Belden House. Theses spacious and serene rooms are rendered in a palette of saturated yellows, reds, and blues.
Grand Room
Also situated within the Mews is the Bathhouse, the property’s wellness escape that boasts fitness equipment and a wet area circuit comprising a dry sauna, salt scrub, steam room, and a 225-gallon Japanese Ofuro tub for hydrotherapies and cold plunges.
The Firehouse, a designated National Historic Landmark structure, is slated to debut as an event and meeting space later this year.
“Fire and history erased its once numerous predecessors,” explains Anthony Champalimaud, owner of Belden House & Mews. “For too long, Litchfield has been without its guest house, one which reflects the curiosity, temperament, refinement, eccentricities, ambitions, and values of this exceptional place. We aspire to welcome our guests into a residence restored—a home, as it once was—principled in our approach to hospitality, lacking pretense and prescription.
“It is a natural sister to Troutbeck, sharing in its values and aspirations to be both the destination in and of itself, but moreover, to enable and encourage the rediscovery and enjoyment of inspiring surroundings,” he adds.
Library
Dining room
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