St. Botolph Inn, B&B $1,685,000

St. Botolph Inn, Bed & Breakfast
$1,685,000
This is a majestic 1897 Queen Anne style “mansion on the hill” overlooking the historic 1886 Court House. Set on five picturesque hilltop acres, this 15 room Victorian masterpiece boasts a second floor ballroom, ornate gingerbread, elaborate fretwork and original woodwork throughout the house. There are six unique bedrooms with baths inside the approximate 6,600 square foot mansion and two outside cottages with their own in-room hot tubs. The mansion is a Victorian painted lady with 11 historic colors and retains the ambience of a romantic by-gone era with its magnificent oak trees, towering red cedars and native pecans surrounding the wrap-around front porch. The tops of the Fort Worth skyscrapers which are 30 miles away can be seen from the upstairs balcony!

The second floor Victorian ballroom with its domed ceiling and two stages is surrounded by four B&B rooms plus a small kitchenette. The ballroom is perfect for weddings, parties, conferences, plays, church groups, family reunions, quilting and scrapbooking weekends. The drawing room with 10’ pocket doors has an original and usable wood burning fireplace. The parlor includes the base of the two story tower as a sitting area. The office across the hall has large bay windows and one of the six original fireplaces of the mansion. The spacious dining room with its oak mantle fireplace is adjacent to the large kitchen. The large utility room includes a butler’s pantry.

A two bedroom, 1½ bath innkeeper apartment above the oversized double garage is attached. There is an elevator from the garage to the first floor utility room and then to the second floor apartment. In the basement is a recirculating hot water boiler system providing near-instantaneous hot water throughout the house and apartment along with a water softening system.

Outside is a stable house for storage and the sprinkler system pressure tank and pump. Next to it is a 3000 gallon water storage tank and the well. Another building could make a small wedding chapel or prayer chapel. There are 22 parking spaces in the rear and 14 along the crescent drive in front of the mansion. And the back yard swimming-games pool is perfect for those hot summer days.

St. Botolph Inn sits in Weatherford’s historic district among many old mansions and within walking distance of the world famous Chandor Gardens and two other city parks with walking trails. Also within walking distance are schools for K through 9th grades. And there is plenty of room on the five acre hilltop for additional development. Historic Weatherford is located 30 miles west of Ft. Worth and 60 miles from Dallas via I-20.