Rooms & Rates

Five private rooms are available.

On the second floor, the Blue Queen Room and the Dove Room are spacious and light, lovingly restored. Each room offers elegant comfort, with original heart-pine floors, wavy glass windows, and high-ceilings. A double or queen size bed, antique armoire, writing desk, and comfortable desk chair, as well as reading chair and sofa. The wide upstairs porch runs the length of the house and overlooks the James River bottoms and distant bluffs.

The Garden Room on the second floor overlooks the old maple grove and an ancient granite rock formation (mentioned in the 1875 memoir of the house). This room provides writing desk, double bed, and sofa in a light-filled room with soft carpet and beautiful paintings. Second floor rooms share a hall bathroom with a claw-foot tub and shower. Enjoy both upstairs and downstairs porches.

The Jade Room and Treetops on the third floor have lofty views as well as lovely light. The third floor rooms share a newly renovated bathroom with shower. All the porches are accessed through the central hall. So all rooms may enjoy both upstairs and downstairs porches. All rooms have ceiling fans and air-conditioning.

Linens provided. Tissues, toilet paper, paper towels. Laundry facilities are on the premises.

Good drinking water from Artesian well.

Wi-Fi internet connection in all rooms. TV and DVD in living room library.

Meals

Writers are responsible for their own meals. (Complimentary tea, sugar, basic staples). A grocery store in the town of Lovingston, a 20-minute drive from the retreat, is where you may purchase supplies before your arrival at the Porches.

There is a large communal kitchen and elegant, comfortable common rooms. The writers’ refectory (dining room) provides refrigerators, microwave, mugs, glasses, dishes/flatware, cooking utensils. You may enjoy taking your meals inside or out on the porches or grounds.

Rates 

Weekly Rate: $367 for one week residency.

(Residencies less than a week: $63 a night, not to exceed weekly rate.)

If staying additional nights over a week, the rate drops to $50 a night.

Two weeks residency: $700.

One month stay: $50 a night discounted 10%.

Group rate: 10% discount for group of 5 staying a week.

Group rate for 5 writers staying less than a week will receive a 5% discount.