Rooms & breakfast · Since 1888
Sleep above the supper room, wake to the harbour.
Four rooms under the old merchant’s roof, a breakfast cooked from the same kitchen as supper, and the whole Old Town on foot from the front door.
Pictured: The Lamplighter room at first light
The rooms
Four rooms, one roof
Beams, brass beds and the quiet of a street that closes at dusk. Breakfast is included; supper is downstairs.
The Lamplighter
- 1 king
- Up to 2 guests
- 32 m²
Our best room: a king bed under the old beams, a roll-top bath and a window over the cobbles.
The Cellarman
- 1 double
- Up to 2 guests
- 20 m²
A snug double at the back of the house, quiet as the cellar it sits above.
The Hayloft
- 1 king, 2 singles
- Up to 4 guests
- 40 m²
Our family room in the old loft: a king and two singles under the rafters.
The Ostler’s Room
- 1 king or 2 singles
- Up to 2 guests
- 26 m²
Step-free on the ground floor by the old coach yard, with a walk-in shower.
Tonight
Closed · opens 5pmBreakfast 7:30–10 · Supper from 6
Breakfast
The morning table
Cooked to order from seven-thirty. Eggs from the walled garden, bread from the cellar oven, coffee from the roaster two doors down.
Dry-aged duck, two ways
Cherry jus, celeriac, black garlic
Burnt honey custard
Bee pollen, shortbread, candied lemon
Hand-dived scallop
Brown butter, cider, smoked hazelnut
The house
A merchant’s house with the lamps still lit
The rooms upstairs were the lamplighter’s family’s for a century. We kept the floors, the shutters and the view, and added the things a long day asks for: deep baths, good linen, and no clocks.
Guests eat downstairs by candlelight, and a table is held for every room on the first night. The harbour walk starts at the door; the cathedral bells will wake you if we don’t.
A good inn is a good kitchen with beds above it.
Margot Ellery
While you stay
Suppers and evenings
Guests get first call on every cellar supper and concert in the parlour.
Tasting
Candlelit Cellar Supper
Six courses in the vaulted cellar, paired with rare Burgundy from the ledger.
Seasonal
Harvest Moon Dinner
A long-table feast of game, orchard fruit and cider under the cathedral windows.
Live music
String quartet in the parlour
Hallowe’en by lamplight with Schubert, Dvořák and a smoked-pumpkin menu.
Reviews & press
From the guest book
- The Old Town Courier
- Harbour & Hearth
- Coastal Table
- The Night Ledger
Dinner by candlelight, then up one flight to the best sleep of the year. We never found a reason to leave the building.
Anna & Luis ★★★★★ · Stayed in The Lamplighter
Breakfast alone is worth the booking. The eggs, the bread, the view of the boats going out.
Harbour & Hearth Magazine Inn of the Year
Quiet, warm, and five minutes from everything. Our room had a bath you could sail in.
Priya S., guest ★★★★★ · Google review
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