The former estate of the Seaman-Brush House (the official name of the Stanton House Inn) was an expansive homestead in the 1700s.

Since then, it has slowly shrunk to its current two-acre stretch of gardens in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut.

Today, lovingly-tended garden beds surround those 2-acres feature manicured lawns of our bed and breakfast with pool.

Visitors are welcome to wander the grounds and admire the tall trees endemic to New England.

The more formal beds in the front of Stanton House Inn give way to more natural plantings behind our romantic Connecticut bed and breakfast inn. The outdoor areas area such a major draw to our Select Registry property.

Seasonal Outdoor Pool

Guests very much enjoy our brief yet glorious Connecticut summer in the outdoor pool. Our Connecticut bed and breakfast inn is the only place to stay in Greenwich with an outdoor pool near Greenwich Avenue. Our pool is quiet and private and is for the exclusive use of guests on overnight getaways in CT at Stanton House Inn.

Amenities at our Bed and Breakfast with Pool

There are plenty of lounge chairs surrounding the pool for guest use in the New England summer. The lounge chairs can easily be moved either into the sun or under the shade of the trees overhanging the swimming pool area. Guests often praise that ours is one of the most immaculate pools they’ve ever used!

The pool is open from the third week in May until the third week of September, weather permitting. We have pool towels available for overnight guest use throughout the season. Please note that the pool is only open to overnight guests, town rules.

Guest rooms and suites by the pool

A few guest rooms and suites overlook the pool. Others are within easy reach, on the ground floor level of Stanton House Inn. They’re the perfect spot for relaxing before a morning dip, or an afternoon by the pool. And one even has a walk-out private balcony with views of the pool.

And if you’d rather luxuriate in your own tub, our two suites with views of the pool both feature unique tubs:

The Brush Suite has a clawfoot tub in the suite
The Sackett Suite features a jetted tub in the suite

Explore all our guest rooms and suites near the pool, below:

Credit: Dan Brehant Photography

Room 2 is poolside — The patio of Room 2 is as close to the pool as you can get

Brush Suite has a view of the bed and breakfast pool — The Brush Suite has a view of the pool

Room 28 overlooks the bed and breakfast pool — Room 28 has a private balcony overlooking the pool

Room 12 has a lovely view of the bed and breakfast pool — Room 12 has a lovely view of the pool

Room 14 is another room close to the pool — Room 14 has a king bed and a private entrance near the pool

The Sackett Suite has a whirlpool tub, similar to a jacuzzi tub — The Sackett Suite also has views of the pool from its third floor windows. Plus, a tub.

Patio

To the South of our bed and breakfast inn sits the brick patio and pool. We encourage guests to relax at the patio tables and chairs during warmer parts of the year. Our tables are perfect for enjoying breakfast, or reading a book and admire the gardens. Our patio comfortably accommodates up to 50 people for functions.

Elegant and impressive beech trees used to flank the south of the mansion, planted when the mansion was first constructed. The trees recently came down for safety reasons.

The patio is where we serve afternoon tea in the warmer months of the year.

Parking

Besides our beautiful gardens, we also provide off-street free parking for guests to our Greenwich bed and breakfast. Our facilities allow us to offer space for one car per guest room.

The Secret Garden

Credit: Dan Brehant Photography

Some guests spot our back gardens right away; others might not notice until they’ve stayed here dozens of times. Hence the name, an homage to the 1911 novel. While the outdoor pool gets a lot of praise in the warm months, the back gardens have always been a favorite spot here.

The estate at Stanton House Inn slopes downhill from Maple Avenue to the ruins of a former party pavilion.

The ruins

Built in 1911, the ruins have a bit of mystery. We’re not quite sure what they were originally used for, but when we broke the concrete floor about a decade ago to put in a garden, we found a lot of rusty old tools.

It was likely a garden shed and entertaining space. An old photo from the 1920s shows tables, chairs, and umbrellas on a flat roof. Back then, when Stanton House Inn was a private home, the garden stretched all the way to Maher Avenue.

That said, the ruins were also the neighborhood trash heap when the inn served as a flophouse.

So, who knows?

The garden itself

The garden has had its ups and downs. Recently, it was in a bit of a slump, looking weedy and overrun. But thanks to a recent update project, it’s bouncing back!

It’s not quite like the 1920s with full-time gardeners, but it’s looking much better—kind of like it did about a decade ago. Guests have even said the inner walls of the ruins have a Mediterranean feel to them now.

Today, we use this as one of the most unique small party venues in all CT. The back lawns and gardens of our historic Connecticut bed and breakfast inn are a wonderful place to picnic or read a book in the grass under the shade of the maple trees.

Interspersed among the flower beds and shrubs are our vegetables and fruit trees.

While exploring, you’ll find dwarf fruit trees, kiwi vines, and fruit shrubs like currants and gooseberries. We follow the permaculture practice of creating self-sustaining food forests.

Credit: Dan Brehant Photography

We interplant food and wildlife plants among the flowers, common plants include:

comfrey
chives
garlic chives
Egyptian walking onions
bronze fennel
anise-hyssop
lemon balm
mint
lovage

Curious to learn more about the history of the house, the gardens, and the Innkeeper’s permaculture practices? Then be sure to schedule a free historic Connecticut garden tour with your next stay with us!

The Copper Beech Tree

Few guests pass by the north side of the Inn without stopping to admire the humongous copper beech tree growing there.

There used to be another pair growing on the south side of the Inn, though they both passed in rapid succession a few decades back.

An old postcard from the turn of the 20th Century (circa 1910) showed all three trees looking quite large. We suspect they were first planted when the house was renovated, in 1900.

We bring an arborist to check this tree annually, to make sure it’s in good health!

The views of the tree from the Pomeroy Suite are gorgeous, though standing at its base is impressive, too.

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