Willcox House Country Inn
Address: 2390 Tekiu Road NW, Seabeck, 98380 - on Hood Canal
Host: Cecilia & Phillip Hughes
Phone: 360.830.4492
Toll Free Number: 800.725.9477
Email:
Web Site: www.willcoxhouse.com
Rooms: 5
Rates: $169 - $259
This is one of the only places where you feel as though you have been given "permission" to approach the grounds and to stay in the opulent home.
At the end of a private drive, through emerald green forests opening to oyster-laden beaches, this waterfront mansion is surrounded by an air of mystery and romance. Commissioned by Colonel Julian P. Willcox in 1937 to architect Lionel H. Pries, the Colonel and his wife Constance lived here for 30 years. Walking through the magnificent home, room by room, you can well imagine the privileged life this couple shared.
Today, the Willcox House is run by Phillip and Cecilia Hughes. It is a rare jewel indeed. The fifth owners of the mansion, they escaped their city jobs to renovate this bed and breakfast on Hood Canal. Designed in the Beau-Arts tradition, the rooms offer an excursion into an elegance of days long ago by.
It is hard to imagine that a place this large and beautiful was constructed in such a remote location in the 1930's. Even now 70 some years later it still feels so remote and private that it has become our family's favorite retreat. We especially love being here in the winter to experience the storms passing over Hood Canal. But to be perfectly honest, it is Cecilia's home-cooked diners that make it the perfect experience for me.
Nancy & Randy - Preston