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Welcome
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Our accommodations and hospitality promise to welcome and pamper you for as long as you are here.
CHECK THIS OUT!
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- September Special - Stay 2 or more nights Sundays - Thursdays during September and get the 3rd night for 50% off. For more information, go to our Specials page.
- Kids Stay/Eat Free in September - Stay 2 or more nights in September, and your kids (17 and younger) stay free. Or, if you are visiting your child at school, he/she may join you for breakfast during your stay at no charge.
- December Asheville-At-A-Glance & Cooking Class Weekend Getaway Package - December 5th & 6th will be our next cooking class weekend! Come see all Asheville has to offer and spend the day touring the city on the Gray Line Trolley Tour, then prepare and eat a 3-course meal here at the Inn. Check out our Specials Page for complete package details.
- Donate pet supplies and save $10! Bring any of the following to our donation box and we'll take $10 off your total: Science Diet dog, cat, kitten and puppy food, canned dog and cat food, blankets and towels, pet toys, loop leashes, paper towels, gift cards to Staples, Office Depot, Office Max, peanut butter, and/or trash bags. Please only bring new items. Once the box is full, we will donate everything to the Asheville Humane Society.
A Little About the Blake House Inn
Convenient, Quiet Location
The Inn is located in south Asheville, just far enough away from the hustle and bustle of downtown so you can relax and rejuvenate, but within 10 minutes of the famed Biltmore Estate and 15 minutes from downtown. With our rivers, rugged mountains, bike trails, clean air, and friendly people, Asheville is the ideal place to find rest and adventure, all in the same place. We are just minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway, Chimney Rock Park, Pisgah National Forest, Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Mt. Mitchell (highest peak east of the Mississippi), and many other Western North Carolina attractions and activities.Plentiful Activities
All year long, you will be able to experience many of your favorite activities, including biking, canoeing and kayaking, horseback riding, hiking, golfing, skiing, nature and history, antiquing, and the fall foliage change.If crafting appeals to you, the 1847 Blake House Inn B&B hosts craft weekends throughout the year. We can even customize a package just for you and your friends. Come for an exciting time of arts and crafts in an area well known to be home to a prolific number of artists and enjoy some of the local craft scene here in Asheville. Visit us in July and attend the largest free, outdoor arts and craft festival in the south, Bele Chere.
A Setting For Your Special Occasions
The 1847 Blake House Inn is also available for weddings, receptions, parties, luncheons, meetings, reunions, and showers. Call us to customize a spectacular event that meets your needs.» Blake House Inn Bed & Breakfast History
1847 Blake House Inn, originally called Newington, was built circa 1847 by Joseph B. Pyatt. It eventually passed to Dr. Frederick Blake, a medical officer in the Confederate Army. Dr. Blake's father, Daniel Blake, Sr., a wealthy rice plantation owner from Charleston, S.C., first purchased the property that the Inn sits on as well as over 500 acres. He used the house as a summer retreat from the hot, humid Charleston heat. During the Civil War, the house was used as a Confederate Field Hospital, but the nurses also cared for injured Union soldiers, hiding them, it is said, in the crawlspaces under the house.The house is an example of Italianate architecture with Gothic Revival influence. Its original native stone walls are 22" thick and are held together with lime and clay mortar. Both levels of the house boast of 12' - 14' ceilings and the dining rooms still contain some of their original ornamental plaster decorations.
The spacious first floor boasts two large dining rooms, capable of holding up to 60 people, a Parlor with seating for 10, Breakfast Room with guest refrigerator, commercial kitchen and wheelchair accessible bathrooms. The second floor contains five guest bedrooms, all with private bathrooms, three that are original to the house, and two that were added in the early 1900Ős. There are five gas fireplaces on the first floor and three gas fireplaces on the second floor, enough to keep everyone warm on cold winter nights. Most of the flooring throughout the house is the original heart pine floors.
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