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Phillips' Mill, Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania's Bucks County lies an Anglophile's dream.
From the March 24, 2003 Issue of New York
 Phillips’ Mill, Pennsylvania, is a little pocket
of displaced English countryside just two hours from
Manhattan. The hamlet’s cluster of
pale-ale-colored stone buildings hugs the curve of
River Road as it wends along the Delaware River. Most
of the cottages and carriage houses, some nearly 200
years old, were once home to Pennsylvania
Impressionists who colonized the area at the turn of
the last century and painted its bucolic beauty. Today
the gristmill that gave the town its name is a
community center with a theater and a gallery
featuring local artists. And an old barn has become
the enchanting Inn at Phillips’ Mill. Virginia
Woolf would feel right at home in any of the five
guest rooms, what with the chintzes and the shelves
crammed with books. In the morning, stroll along the
towpath by the canal, where mules still haul passenger
barges. Ride horseback on nearby Cuttalossa Road. Or
just close your eyes and think of England.
— KATHLEEN BECKETT
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Details
The Inn at Phillips’ Mill (from $100;
215-862-2984).
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| Photograph: Courtesy of The Inn at Phillips' Mill |
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