Owen House, A Country Inn & Gallery

This three-story clapboard captain's house dates from 1835 and sits on 4 tree-filled hectares (10 acres) at the edge of the bay. First-floor common rooms are decorated in a Victorian manner, with Persian and braided carpets and mahogany furniture; watch the water from a nautical-feeling sun room that has big windows. The guest rooms are a mixed bag, furnished with a mixture of antique and modern furniture. Some units are bright and filled with salty air (room no. 1 is biggest and most expensive, with waterfront views on two sides and attractive antiques such as a cane chair and an iron-frame bed). Others are simpler, dark, or tucked beneath stairs. The four third-floor rooms share two bathrooms -- the innkeepers can assign one of the bathrooms privately to room nos. 7 or 8 for an extra charge -- but they also have excellent views. Bedspreads are frumpy, while the wooden floors are handsome.

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