THE INN

Located at 118 High Street, originally built by Captain Donald “Dan” McAulay, whose parents immigrated from the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. Dan, whose father drowned off the Fishing Islands when Dan was seven, became a successful mariner and owner of three work tugboats named after his three children. The McAulays hosted many social gatherings in their spacious elegant home, including meetings of The Sons of Scotland, who danced the Highland Fling. (Source: Hilborn’s Guide to Old Southampton, pp. 84-85.)

The building has a plaque on it with ‘1896 Captain Dan McAulay, Mariner ’. We have learned that the building has had many personalities; the McAulay’s home, The Linton Inn & Steakhouse, The Linton Inn, Chantry House and The Southampton Inn. Clearly the Inn has transformed through generations.

All rooms/suites have an ensuite, small fridge stocked with water bottles, wine glasses, wine opener, smart TV, free WIFI and USB charging ports. Suites are differentiated by a bonus separate sitting area.

All stays include a wonderful hot breakfast prepared by our new Hospitality Director, who we will be introducing to everyone in an upcoming blog.

We spent 2021 and early 2022 freshening up the Inn to make it welcoming for our guests and we opened our doors officially May 2022. And what a season we had !! 2022 was a year of learning and growing and FUN. We had returning guests and lots of new people who had just discovered us and the Southampton area. The feedback was so positive, the most common sentiment was that people just loved being able to park their car for days and never have to drive anywhere with the beach, dining and shopping all steps away. One guest even said “so many places say they are steps away from the beach or town .. but you REALLY ARE just steps away from everything!”

We spent time in the fall of 2022 landscaping the gardens and patio. This is going to open so many new doors for our 2023 guests, especially the new side patio where we will be serving breakfast on nice days in the summer !

We also hosted many events (See events in our Blog) and are working on a bunch of exciting new experiences for our guests in 2023.

BOOK NOW to reserve your getaway to our little slice of heaven.