Beaufort’s Anchorage 1770 named one of South’s Best Inns

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Beaufort's Anchorage 1770 named one of South's Best Inns

Southern Living Magazine has named the beautiful and historic Anchorage 1770 on it’s recent list of the South’s Best Inns 2019.

Each year the popular magazine ranks the best bed & breakfast spots across the south and there are so many good ones. The Anchorage made the list at #7.

SL takes these things seriously and puts a lot into them. “The best inns are personal—in their décor, their approach to hospitality, their cuisine—everything,” the magazine said.

What they said

In naming the Anchorage to the new list this year, Southern Living said “Owners Frank and Amy Lesesne have embraced their nickname—“the insane Lesesnes”—bestowed when they left successful careers and an established life in Atlanta to open a historic B&B in Beaufort’s waterfront William Elliott House. Many accolades later, it doesn’t seem like such a crazy idea after all. The Lesesnes’ tip: The two fourth-floor rooms in the main house have the best views in Beaufort.”

The Lesesnes’ tip: The two fourth-floor rooms in the main house have the best views in Beaufort. Image courtesy Anchorage 1770

This comes on the heels of the inn recently being added to the Southern Living Hotel Collection; a distinction that also allows the inn access to special amenities from Southern Living and to host Southern Living events. The collection was hand picked by its editors, and is a carefully selected series of the most delightful hotel experiences the South has to offer. From perfectly crafted rooms and restaurants to breathtaking natural surroundings, each of these premier hotel properties captures a charming experience that is both distinctively different yet completely Southern.

That’s why the Anchorage 1770 is one of them, and that’s whey they made the list of the South’s Best Inns.

See Southern Living’s full list of the South’s Best Inns 2019 here.

A brief history

The building at 1103 Bay St. in downtown Beaufort has housed plantation owners, admirals and injured Civil War soldiers.

Since it was built around 1753 and owned until the Civil War by the Elliott Family, the inn has gone through lots of changes. It was a social club for awhile, and then bought in 1891 by Admiral Lester Beardslee, commander of the Port Royal Naval Station, for $4,000.
The house serve many purposed throughout the 1900s and was saved from demolition by the Historic Beaufort Foundation in the 1970s.
The Lesesnes purchased the house in 2013 and opened the new b&b in 2015 after extensive renovations.

It’s a beauty.

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