Hollycroft
506 North Blvd. Box 448,
Spring Lake, NJ 07762,
tel. 732/681—2254 or 800/679—2254,
fax 732/280—8145
The inn is four blocks from the beach, and its proximity to Lake Como attracts anglers and bird-watchers. In the cooler months the Fesslers host mystery weekends.
7 double rooms with baths, 1 suite. Air-conditioning in rooms, cable TV/VCR in suite, minirefrigerator in suite and dining room, bicycles, beach tags, towels, and chairs, on-site park-ing, transportation to and from train and bus. $125—$275;full breakfast. American Express. No smoking indoors, no pets, 2-night minimum on weekends, 3-night minimum on holiday weekends May—Oct.
The Pomeroy Room, in cool white and green, is like a garden. A side table is built oftwigs, and the bed is made under a blanket of leaves. Upstairs, where Linda and Mark added warm mahogany floors, are five units. Grassmere has a striking custom-made, cast-iron canopy bed and a gas fireplace with tile surround (one off our in dining and guest rooms, in addition to two wood-burning fireplaces that suffuse the house with smells of a real fire). Next door, Somerset has a dark-wood four-poster bed and horse brasses, lending a masculine English-country air that’s softened by a birdhouse and miniature furniture hanging in a corner. The vine-twined iron canopy bed of the luxurious 650-square-foot honeymoon suite sits beneath a cathedral ceiling with exposed log beams, under a tapestry ofLake Como (the Italian one), and across from a big stone fireplace with raised hearth. Lake views can be had from the bedroom, a screened porch, or the bathroom’s soaking tub.
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