Set on a secluded hillside among tall pines, Stonehurst Manor was originally part of the summer estate of carpet baron Erastus Bigelow. At his death, the property passed to his only daughter, Helen Bigelow Merriman, who was responsible for the cur rent "English Country Manor" style of the property...a front door large enough to drive through, hand-carved oak woodwork, leaded glass windows, a multitude of stone fireplaces throughout the Manor, the spacious gardens, screened tile porch, and the imposing stone porte cochere.

The Manor of today has been operated as an inn since the 1940's continuing Mrs. Merriman's tradition of hospitality "in the grand manner".