The Gables Bed & Breakfast Inn
Reedville, Virginia
The Gables Bed & Breakfast Inn is a bed & breakfast located in Reedville.
"The Gables is one of the most interesting houses on the Chesapeake Bay" - Washington Post. The Gables was voted one of the top seven Chesapeake Bay Bed and Breakfast Inns - Readers Choice Survey - Chesapeake Bay Magazine. The Gables, as part of the Reedville Historic District, is listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmark Register.
On the second floor, French doors open into the marble floored vestibules leading to the wicker filled sun porches on each end of the center hall. There are three bedrooms, one of which is now used as office space by the owners. The other two along with the sun porches, the large Cyprus floored bath, and an additional bath on the 3rd floor are dedicated to the B&B. The third floor was the Captain’s billiard room. It is an octagonal room with the main cabin mast from the ship as the center support. It runs from the 3rd floor through the 4th floor and the massive slate roof is hung from the top of the mast on the compass rose. Small bell shaped rooms finished in double planking tongue and groove wood are located off the billiard room on the cardinal points of the compass. A number of artifacts were found in the house including a pool cue, wooden bridge and pool ball polish.
This room is a common room with television, bumper pool table, an antique player grand piano, organ and sofa’s to relax and read, view TV, or visit. The fourth floor is a virtual museum area, essentially unchanged since the Captain had it built. The mast continues to the top of the roof. The walls are all varnished double planking tongue and groove. All of the construction is mortise and tenon and was done by shipwrights. It is truly an architectural treasure. We hope you will visit and we can share it with you!
Nearby restaurants include Crazy Crab, Tommy's Restaurant, and Chitterchats.
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The Coach House, built in 1880, was unofficially called "The Stables". Miriam Haynie writes of older people telling of seeing Capt. and Mrs. Fisher riding down Reed's Lane (now Main Street) in a surrey with a fringe on top drawn by a two-horse team. When automobiles came in, the coach house was used to house Capt. Fisher's chauffeur-driven car (Pearce Arrow). The Coach House was later made into two apartments until the present owners renovated the building. Since April 2002, guests can now enjoy four lovely new rooms, three with cathedral ceilings. The Coach House also houses the dining room and gift shop. We have plans for a future ice cream parlor and an outside bistro at the Gables.
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