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Pre-Civil War Bed & Breakfast with 5 guestrooms

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Property Description

You are invited to escape to the 1847 Blake House Inn Bed & Breakfast in Asheville, NC, one of the oldest houses in the city. Our accommodations and hospitality promise to welcome and pamper you for as long as you are here.

Property Details

The Inn is located in south Asheville, just far enough away from the hustle and bustle of downtown so you can relax and rejuvenate, but within 10 minutes of the famed Biltmore Estate and 15 minutes from downtown. With our rivers, rugged mountains, bike trails, clean air, and friendly people, Asheville is the ideal place to find rest and adventure, all in the same place. We are just minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway, Chimney Rock Park, Pisgah National Forest, Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Mt. Mitchell (highest peak east of the Mississippi), and many other Western North Carolina attractions and activities.

1847 Blake House Inn, originally called Newington, was built circa 1847 by Joseph B. Pyatt. It eventually passed to Dr. Frederick Blake, a medical officer in the Confederate Army. Dr. Blake's father, Daniel Blake, Sr., a wealthy rice plantation owner from Charleston, S.C., first purchased the property that the Inn sits on as well as over 500 acres. He used the house as a summer retreat from the hot, humid Charleston heat. During the Civil War, the house was used as a Confederate Field Hospital, but the nurses also cared for injured Union soldiers, hiding them, it is said, in the crawlspaces under the house.

The house is an example of Italianate architecture with Gothic Revival influence. Its original native stone walls are 22" thick and are held together with lime and clay mortar. Both levels of the house boast of 12' - 14' ceilings and the dining rooms still contain some of their original ornamental plaster decorations.

The spacious first floor boasts two large dining rooms, capable of holding up to 70 people, a Parlor with seating for 10, Breakfast Room with guest refrigerator, commercial kitchen, wheelchair accessible bathrooms, and the Traveler's Rest Gift Shop which carries art from several local artists. The second floor contains five guest bedrooms, all with private bathrooms, three that are original to the house, and two that were added in the early 1900's. There are five gas fireplaces on the first floor and three gas fireplaces on the second floor, enough to keep everyone warm on cold winter nights. Most of the flooring throughout the house is the original red heart pine floors.

Rental Policies

Arrival Times

Checking In & Out: * Check-in is between 2:30 - 6:30 pm. If an earlier or later check-in time is needed, please notify us in advance so that arrangements can be made to accommodate you. Check-ins scheduled before 2:00 pm will incur an Early Check-In Fee of $10.00 per hour even if the actual arrival time is later than scheduled. Early Check-Ins require additional work from our staff and, therefore, if we are asked to prepare your room early, you will be responsible for the fee, even if you don't arrive when scheduled. * If you arrive and the Innkeeper is not in the Inn, please check the Carriage House Office. * Check-Out time is 11:00 am. We would be happy to hold your luggage after check-out, if needed, at no charge. We will accommodate late check-outs up to 1:00 pm if possible. Late Check-Outs incur a $15.00 fee per hour or part thereof after 11:00. * Early Check-Outs: For early check-outs, if 50% or more of the reservation has been used, guests will be responsible for the remainder of the reservation. If less than 50% of the reservation has been used, guests will be responsible for half of the reservation, plus an Early Check-Out Fee of $25.00.

Amenities

• Air Condition
• Phone
• Radio
• TV Cable
• DVD Player
• Hi-Speed Internet
• Fireplace
• King bed
• Queen Bed

Rental Rates

$110.00 to $165.00 per day
$4,000.00 to $4,000.00 per week

Additional Rate and Deposit Information

Minimum Stays:
* A two night minimum stay is required on weekends from Memorial Day - January 1.
* A two night minimum stay is required for the entire months of July & October.

Room Rates:
* 10.5% occupancy and sales taxes added to listed rates.
* All rates are based on double occupancy unless otherwise stated.
* Each additional person over age 5 in any room over the standard occupancy incurs a $25.00/day fee.

Guaranteeing Your Reservation:
* One night's deposit (excluding taxes) is required for one or two night stays.
* 50% of the total amount is due for stays of 3 or more nights, packages, and groups (3 or more rooms).
* Your deposit will be applied to the last night(s) of your confirmed reservation.

Cancellation Policy:
* We require a 7-day cancellation for all reservations. A refund of all deposits made minus a $25.00 handling fee per room will be given for cancellations made with at least 7 days notice. If cancellation is made with less than 7 days notice, there will be no refund made of the deposit.
* For group reservations (3 or more rooms) or for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and new Years, we enforce a 14-day cancellation policy.

Methods of Payment:
* Cash, personal check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and Traveler's Checks are accepted.
* We also accept the following Gift Certificates: BNBFinder.com, bedandbreakfast.com, Blake House Inn Gift Certificates.

Children:
* We are a child-friendly B&B. Children of all ages are welcome. There is no additional charge for children 5 and younger.

Pets:
* We welcome pets in 4 of our guestrooms: the Holly, Magnolia, Dogwood, and Lilac Rooms.
* We welcome cats and dogs at the Inn. The first pet incurs a $20.00 per day pet fee and the second pet incurs a pet fee of $10.00 per day. This helps pay for the additional cleaning costs so that future guests with animal allergies are not inconvenienced.
* We ask that dogs be kept on a leash when not in their guest room and please do not allow your pets on the furniture. In order to remain pet friendly, it's important that we be able to clean our sheets properly and dog hair is very difficult to completely get off the linens.
* If you leave your pet in the room alone, they should be crated.
* We encourage you to take your dog(s) to At Play With Sparky, so he/she can exercise and interact with other friendly dogs while you are out.
* Any damage to a person, guestroom, or the Inn's property (whether caused by a pet or guest) will be the responsibility of the registered guest. All damages will be charged to the credit card on file.

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