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The Inn is the perfect place for peace and thought, or for a potential author to find inspiration to begin writing that first novel. Although each room has its own vest-pocket library, The Mansions Inn is stocked with hundreds of books. A reader's delight, nooks and crannies hold caches of popular paperbacks and older, long out of print books. |
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Located in the center of Connecticut, The Mansion Inn Bed & Breakfast offers quick access to the Interstate highways that connect all New England, and is just a 15 minute drive to downtown Hartford.
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Manchester Cheney Brothers Historic District Preservation Award.
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The Mansion Inn Bed and Breakfast was once a mansion home to the Cheney family, Connecticut silk barons who made their mark in the world's textile industry.
The Cheney family enjoyed a close friendship with Mark Twain's family, who lived alongside Harriet Beecher Stowe at Nook Farm in Hartford. Harriet Beecher Stowe's sister, Isabella Hooker, was a confidant of Mrs. Emeline Cheney, who lived in the Mansion during the 1890's, the two ladies sharing an enthusiastic interest in séances and spiritualism. The Cheney's empire has vanished, but their Mansion remains to graciously welcome visitors. Come read in bed, fireside, on pillows slipped in snowy, hand embroidered linens. Take tea in the walled gardens, fragrant with honeysuckle, old roses, and visiting butterflies. Spend the night with us in Manchester, Connecticut, the City of Village Charm. |
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Breakfast... On chilly mornings, breakfast is served fireside at the dining room's massive antique table. In fair weather, guests breakfast on the piazza in a garden of old roses, lilacs, and honeysuckle. Innkeeper Bruce's breakfast recipes are seasoned with culinary influences from twenty years of business travel from Paris to the Orient. Bruce prepares entrées with herbs and vegetables in season from The Inn's herb garden. Marianne is a blue ribbon baker whose homemade breads, cakes, and jams have won prizes at county fairs statewide. One of The Mansion's specialty jellies is made of grapes from The Mansion's front porch arbor.
Click on the pictures at left for a larger view of Sitting Area and Dining Room.
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The Mansion Inn Bed & Breakfast is a member of the following associations:
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
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The Mansion Inn Bed & Breakfast 139 Hartford Road Manchester, Connecticut 06040 email: 
Marianne Hamstra, Justice of the Peace/Innkeeper & Bruce Hamstra, Innkeeper |
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