Three Georgian rooms and a candlelit dining room, kept by Dawn and Danny, one mile up the valley from the bridge that started the modern world.
In the early 1800s this was the home of the Coalbrookdale foundry master, the person who answered for the furnaces that cast the world's first iron bridge. Two centuries on, it is a small guest house with three rooms, a licensed table, and a fire in the grate.
There is no front desk and no lobby music. Danny meets you at the door, knows the wines, and points you down to the Gorge. Dawn runs the kitchen, and the evening meal she cooks is the thing guests write home about. It is the kind of place people book for one night and rebook before they have left.
Restored with its bones intact: original fireplaces, Georgian coving, picture rails, high ceilings and crystal chandeliers, with period bathrooms put back the way they should be.
The threshold
ArrivalsMost of our regulars come back for the kitchen. There is a full-time chef in this three-room house, the dining room is fully licensed, and dinner is cooked, plated and served by the people who own the place. Book it with your room. It is the part guests wish they had not skipped.
By day
After dark
Drag to dim the lights
Three en-suite doubles on the first floor, each with its own character: pale walls, mahogany, a crystal chandelier overhead and a period bathroom in black and white marble. Quiet, comfortable, and kept properly.
Cosiest double · garden viewA classic double with a carved sleigh bed and gold damask, looking onto the garden. The cosy one, and an easy walk out to the Gorge.
Gorge view · period fireplaceTall sash windows over the valley, gold damask, a mahogany wardrobe and the green of the Gorge waking up outside. Bright and calm.
Largest room · marble bathroomThe most spacious of the three, with the fullest period bathroom: black and white marble, a high-level cistern and a rainfall shower. The one to book for the occasion.
Good to know: all three rooms are en-suite with quality bedding, fluffy towels, a Smart TV, tea and coffee, free Wi-Fi and free on-site parking. The staircase is the original Georgian one and is fairly steep, worth knowing if stairs are tricky. Rates shown are indicative for this concept demo.
The Iron Bridge · 1779
Darby's Old Furnace
A few hundred yards from the door, Abraham Darby first smelted iron with coke in 1709 and changed everything that came after. The furnaces of Coalbrookdale cast the ribs of the Iron Bridge itself, the first of its kind anywhere, standing a mile down the valley.
This whole Gorge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, ten museums strung along the river. The Museum of Iron and the Old Furnace are two minutes on foot. You can walk the entire story before dinner.
The foundry master lived here so the fires never went out. Today the only thing kept burning is the one in the dining room.
The Darby works and the Old Furnace, on foot.
The world's first iron bridge, down the valley.
The hands-on design and technology museum.
The recreated Victorian town, a short drive on.
The thing the big sites cannot do is sit you at Dawn's table. Book direct and you get the actual stay we offer, at our best rate, with the evening meal reserved beside your room and no commission skimmed off a three-room house.
"The food, home cooked, prepared and served by the hosts, was a real highlight. The evening meal was outstanding."
"Super hosts in Dawn and Danny, their personal touches were much appreciated. Excellent breakfasts which set us up for the day."
"The welcome from Dan and Dawn was warm and generous. The breakfast was outstanding, generously prepared."
Built on the venue's own photography and real guest reviews, with a direct booking flow designed to plug straight into the Eviivo system already in use. If you would like the live version, the next step is a chat.
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