The Mooring Inn, Beaconsfield

INTRODUCTION

Take A Room, Or Take The House

Doric columns, Art Deco leadlight, encaustic tile in the hall. Four rooms named for gemstones and what they are said to mean - Lapis, Emerald, Amber, Pearl.

Every room has its own ensuite and its own digital lock. The lounge, dining room, verandah and garden are shared - unless you take the whole house, in which case they aren't.

Outside there are four places to sit - the front porch, a wood-burning fire pit, a table on the lawn, and the rear patio.

The green and gold cabinet in Pearl I refinished myself.

The kitchen comes with the house, not with a room.

Four Rooms

Named for gemstones and their meanings. Each one bookable on its own.

Lapis

Deep blue over gold, a beaded lamp, a red velvet rocker.

Book Lapis

Emerald

Green over gold, a carved chair, a bistro table for two.

Book Emerald

Amber

Warm and low. Orange velvet, scallop tile, coffee in the room.

Book Amber

PREMIUM

Pearl

The largest. Double vanity, twin arched mirrors, clawfoot bath.

Book Pearl

In The Detail

An amber fluted vase and toiletries on a brass tray beside a stone basin

A clawfoot bath with a brass rack across it, patterned tile underfoot

Scallop tile and brass fittings in the Amber bathroom

A turquoise beaded lamp and blue vases on a carved timber chest

Geraniums, a cane chair and an old Singer table on the verandah

A toile chaise beneath a fringed wall light, the ensuite lit beyond

A green and gold cabinet with a leadlight door and a coffee machine on top

A beaded lamp on a timber cabinet beside a red velvet rocking chair

A carved antique chair against a green and gold feature wall

An Art Deco leadlight window looking onto the garden

Stacked books on a fluted side table beside a leather armchair

An orange velvet armchair beside a globe lamp on a timber tripod

THE WHOLE HOUSE

Everyone Under One Roof

Take all four rooms and the shared spaces stop being shared. One round table that seats eight, a lounge, a verandah, a garden and a fire pit - and nobody else in the building. Eight guests, four ensuites, one front door.