Belden House Brings a Bathhouse, Butlers & More to Litchfield

The boutique hotel offering in Litchfield, Conn., continues to grow. The team behind the Hudson Valley hotel Troutbeck has opened their second property, called Belden House & Mews, in the heart of Litchfield.  The hotel reimagines the 1888 home of Dr. Charles Belden with 10 guest rooms inside the original home, with an additional 21 additional rooms in the Mews, a 1960s modernist wing. On offer across the 31 rooms is butler service, a bathhouse with treatments and fitness, a seasonal outdoor pool and lawn club and a dining room and a bar.  Co-owner Anthony Champalimaud relocated to Litchfield from New York roughly 10 years ago, and had noticed in recent years that the Belden House sat derelict. He purchased the property in 2021, and while properties like the Abner Hotel and Lost Fox Inn have opened in the last year, at the time Litchfield’s hotel scene was quiet.   “Litchfield hasn’t had a hotel since the 1890s, so it seemed like a pretty exciting opportunity if we could make it work,” Champalimaud says.  Belden House dining room. Belden House is designed by Champalimaud’s family design company Champalimaud Design, which is responsible for hotels like Raffles in Singapore, the Bel-Air Hotel, the Beverly Hills Hotel and

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