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Welcome to our quiet retreat by the sea...elegant and warm antique filled rooms with romantic French country charm. Briarcliffe Inn was originally built in 1914 and has had quite a history over the years. While researching the history of the property we discovered that this house had been one of the first bed and breakfasts on the Island known as the Briarcliffe Tourist Home with guests including Anne of Green Gables author, Lucy Maud Montgomery Briarcliffe was the site of an innovative farm in the 1920's run by Edwin MacFarlane, the original builder of the house. In the summer, his wife Fedrica would rent rooms to Baptist ministers looking for a seaside retreat. She had a reputation as an excellent hostess and her Sunday afternoon teas attracted some of the Island's finest ladies.... including Ms. Montgomery whose first teaching position was just down the road in Lower Bedeque. Lucy Maud boarded with Fedrica family, the Leards, while teaching at the school. The land Briarcliffe sits on is at the end of Salutation Cove Road in Fernwood, surrounded by potato fields overlooking the Northumberland Strait. Mary and Bill Kendrick, the new Innkeepers, fell in love with the house and spent 9 months lovingly restoring the house to open as a 4 1/2 Star Inn. During the restoration period they also produced a documentary which was featured on HGTV Canada called "Bed & Breakfast Dream".
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Mary and Bill Kendrick always dreamed of one day running a bed & breakfast by the sea but never really thought it would happen.
Then they stumbled across a vacant old farmhouse at Salutation Cove on Prince Edward Island. HGTV Special "Bed & Breakfast Dream" chronicles their experience turning an uninhabitable old house into the 4 1/2 star Inn. This documentary aired on HGTV Canada on March 20, 2004. The show detailed all the trials and tribulations of a total renovation over 9 months from new plumbing, bathrooms, floor to the decorating of the rooms to create that french country atmosphere. VHS tapes will be available at the Inn to all guests and viewers who are interested. |
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The Inn | Rooms | Location | Amenities | Reservations | Links
Briarcliffe Inn
Contact
Person: Mary and Bill Kendrick , Innkeepers
Address: 274 Salutation Cove Rd
Bedeque
Prince Edward Island
C0B 1C0
Phone: (902) 887-2333
Toll Free Phone: 866-887-3238
Fax: (902) 887-3102
Email: briarcliffeinn@auracom.com
Website: www.briarcliffeinn.com