Paul Wesley
B&B
by Patti Guthrie
Pineapple Hill Inn is named after an 18th century custom that a pineapple on your porch meant you welcomed guests. The Inn sits on a knoll, overlooking River Road, between Bowman’s Tower and Washington Crossing. The original section of this somewhat imposing historic manor house was built in 1790. It’s been a bed and breakfast for 32 years. During that tenure, there have been five owners, the most recent Roy Scott and Scott Stern who purchased and moved to the property in March of this year. Scott said, “We love the small town feeling of Bucks County. Everyone is so friendly. People smile at you and say hello in the parking lots of the supermarket and post office. That never happened where we were living.” After extensive renovations, they re-opened their bed and breakfast on May 1.
Pineapple Hill has nine guest rooms, three of those suites. Every room has a private bath. Eight of the nine have gas-fueled fireplaces. All are named for birds. On the first floor is the smallest room, the Hummingbird, which looks out on a stone wall covered by trumpet vines. Those flowers are likely to attract real Ruby Throats. Also on the ground floor is the Baltimore Oriole, the largest suite having a spacious bedroom, a living room with a day bed, a full kitchen, a private deck and a huge bathroom.
The first floor also sports a large dining room and a completely refurbished kitchen with new appliances. And there’s a cozy living room with a fireplace, which Roy and Scott brought back. Scott explained, “The previous owner had turned it into part of a suite.” Roy added, “In our renovations, we had the original wide, pumpkin pine floorboards in that room sanded and redone. In March, we built three decks in eleven days, through snow, sleet and rain,” adding with a smile, “Renovations I can do without.”
If you want to continue reading, turn to page 46 in the Summer 2013 issue of Bucks County Magazine.