A 14-room Victorian mansion bed and breakfast on South Willard Street in Burlington's hill section, set on 1.5 acres of lawn and English gardens with Lake Champlain and Adirondack views, with a chef-prepared full breakfast served daily in the south-facing solarium.
"A Victorian mansion on South Willard set in 1.5 acres of English gardens, with a solarium that frames a chef-prepared breakfast against Lake Champlain. The Burlington wedding-weekend booking."
The Willard Street Inn occupies a Victorian mansion on the high side of South Willard Street in Burlington's hill section, a 12-minute walk uphill from the Church Street Marketplace and a similar walk down to the Lake Champlain waterfront. The property sits on 1.5 acres of lawn and English gardens, an unusually large parcel for downtown-edge Burlington, with mature deciduous canopy, a perennial bed that the owner-operator has refined across two decades, and an open western lawn that captures the Lake Champlain and Adirondacks line of sight. The mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places; the interior package was restored room by room rather than rebuilt at scale.
The 14 rooms are arranged across the upper floors of the mansion, each with a private bath, and the categories run from standard queen rooms in the smaller original servants' quarters at the back, through king rooms in the front-facing principal rooms, to junior suites in the corner inventory that catches the lake and garden views. The interior package is properly period (Victorian wallpapers, cast iron radiators, claw-foot tubs in select rooms, antique furniture sourced over the property's history) rather than a chain interpretation of historic, but the bath fixtures and the bedding are contemporary, which keeps the rooms working rather than museum-like.
Breakfast is the property's set-piece daily ceremony, a chef-prepared full menu served in the south-facing solarium that opens onto the gardens. The solarium is the property's architectural signature, a glassed conservatory in the original mansion plan with the western view across the lawn to the lake, and breakfast at a small table at the window line is the moment that most guests cite as the reason to book. Afternoon tea and refreshments are set in the parlour through the day; the kitchen handles dietary requests with proper advance notice; the breakfast menu rotates daily across a seasonal range.
Service is the operating advantage of the 14-room scale and a long-tenured owner-operator team. Guest names are known on day one, the concierge programme handles dinner reservations and foliage routing, and the property handles wedding ceremonies on the lawn with reception in the solarium and the principal dining room as a packaged service that runs through the spring, summer, and foliage seasons. The hill-section location is quiet, the parking is on-site, and the children-10-and-over policy keeps the property tuned to adult-traveller use. For a Burlington stay that wants a Victorian-mansion B&B with garden views and a real breakfast room, the Willard Street Inn is the calibrated booking.
For a Burlington anniversary that wants a Victorian mansion and an English garden rather than a downtown lobby, the Willard Street Inn is the property to choose. Book a junior suite for the lake view; pair the stay with a foliage week in late September; take afternoon tea on the parlour porch on the arrival day; eat the chef breakfast in the solarium on the milestone morning. The hill-section quiet handles the rest.
For a Burlington proposal that wants the cinematic outdoor setting rather than the restaurant-table version, the Willard Street Inn handles it on the western lawn at golden hour, with the Adirondacks line of sight across Lake Champlain. The property runs proposal-package logistics through the front desk (private set-up, photographer hand-off, a celebratory bottle on return to the room). Book a junior suite for the night and the lawn slot for the moment.
For a quieter Burlington honeymoon that wants a 14-room mansion rather than a 125-room boutique, the Willard Street Inn is the alternative booking. Book a king category for the bed footprint; pair the stay with a foliage week or a Lake Champlain summer; the garden, the solarium, and the hill-section quiet handle the rest. Walk down to Hen of the Wood for the dinner night; walk back up for the nightcap.
349 South Willard Street
Burlington, VT, 05401
United States
On South Willard Street in Burlington's hill section, a 12-minute walk to Church Street Marketplace; the property sits on 1.5 acres of lawn and English gardens with lake and mountain views.
14 rooms across the Victorian mansion
Standard queen rooms from USD 225/night
King rooms from USD 285/night
Junior suites with lake or garden views from USD 365/night
Two-night minimum on weekends
Private bath in every room
Check-in: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Independent ownership
Select Registry member; National Register of Historic Places
Adults preferred (children 10 and over welcome)
1.5 acres of lawn and English gardens
Chef-prepared full breakfast served in the solarium
Private bath in every room
Lake Champlain and Adirondack views (select rooms)
Afternoon tea, snacks, and refreshments
Wedding ceremony and reception venue
On-site parking
Free WiFi throughout
From USD 225/night. Foliage peak books three to four months ahead; UVM graduation and parents' weekend book a full year ahead. Mid-week winter inventory often available within two weeks. Two-night minimum on most weekends.
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