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Butternut Farm

Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Welcome to Butternut Farm Bed and Breakfast in beautiful Glastonbury, CT! This 18th-century jewel is furnished with period antiques. Attractive grounds with herb gardens and ancient trees, dairy goats and prize chickens. 10 minutes from Hartford.

Bed and Breakfast Description

Butternut Farm was built by Jonathan Hale, beginning in 1720. Innkeeper Don Reid acquired the house in 1959 and began painstakingly restoring the interior of this classic colonial home to its original condition by exposing the original wide brick fireplaces, uncovering the broad floorboards and removing later paint from the wealth of paneling on many of the rooms' walls.

Hand-hammered hinges and other hardware, eight paneled fireplaces, handsome summer beams, and cornice detailing are but a few of the many fine features. Visitors come simply to see the extraordinary collection of eighteenth-century Connecticut antiques. Cherry six board chests, ball-foot “hired-man” beds, pencil post cherry beds, gate leg tables, candle sticks, early 18th-century banister-back chairs, and a fine collection of English Delft are but a sampling. Herb and flower gardens abound, along with a herd of prize dairy goats and Mr. Reid's flocks of chickens, pigeons, ducks, pheasants, and Harriet the goose.

Don Reid opened Butternut Farm as a Bed and Breakfast in 1977 and continues as Innkeeper today. Modest as Don is about his wealth of cooking talents, he is noted for some of his popular New England dishes. He has been featured in Yankee Magazine, first in 1988 as a “Great New England Cook.”

Inn Information

Season: All year
Rates: 95.00 - 120.00 US Dollars (double occupancy)
Rooms: 4
With private baths: 4
Mealplan: Breakfast included
Food Served:

• Full breakfast
• Complimentary wine, chocolates

Nearest Airport(s): Hartford

Payment methods accepted:

Services:

Private entrances, living room, TV/VCR, secluded patio, full kitchen, fireplaces

Area Attractions and Activities:

Connecticut Audubon Center, The Connecticut River Raft Race, Dinosaur State Park, Elizabeth Park, Footprints Shoes, The Mark Twain House, The Old Cider Mill, Pegmatite Mines and Trails, Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry - nations oldest ferry, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, Wethersfield Nature Center, The A-maize-ing Corn Maze, Connecticut River Museum, Connecticut Wine Trail, and so much more!

Most Popular Rooms:

The Barn Apartment: Private entrance, foot thick walls (animal sound-proof), bedroom/living room with TV and VCR, sliding door to secluded patio, full kitchen, double bed in bedroom/living room, bath with tub/shower.

The Parlor Chamber: A big room with many windows, beautiful large fireplace, double bed, and bath with tub/shower.

Restrictions

• Smoking not permitted.
• No pets, please.
• No access for disabled persons.

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