Restored within our 1890s Charleston townhouse, fourteen individually proportioned chambers pair heart-pine floors and twelve-foot lime-plaster ceilings with quiet, unhurried morning light over the walled garden.
Enquire to BookBecause our house was built for a single nineteenth-century shipping family rather than a corridor of identical keys, no two floorplans repeat. We classify the fourteen rooms by floor elevation, garden orientation, and hearth configuration.
Tucked along the rear brick dependency beside the loquat trees. Pitched cypress rafters, private ground-level stone entries, and deep soaking tubs forged in hammered copper.
Occupying the first and second tiers of the main house. Original coal-burning marble mantels converted to quiet hearthside reading nooks with bespoke Belgian linen upholstery.
Direct private access to the south-facing double-tiered Charleston piazza. Catch the late afternoon harbor breeze from hand-caned rockers before stepping downstairs for supper.
Our two grand corner suites with fourteen-foot ceilings, separate drawing rooms, triple sash windows, and morning coffee delivered silently via a vintage butler’s pantry hatch.
“We stripped seven layers of twentieth-century latex by hand to recover the breathable lime wash that keeps a Lowcountry room cool in July.”
— Restoration Architect’s Log, Aurelia House Archive
Travellers who seek out Aurelia House rarely ask for a television larger than the fireplace or a minibar stocked with backlit soda cans. Instead, they notice the weight of an unlacquered brass cremone bolt sliding into a heart-pine jamb, and the absence of keycard chimes in the stairwell.
Every room is outfitted with custom mattresses tufted in wool and horsehair by a fourth-generation Southern workshop, dressed in 400-thread-count long-staple percale pressed with lavender water in our basement laundry. Baths are lined in honed Danby marble with apothecary glassware refilled daily with wild-harvested coastal rosemary, sea fennel, and sweetgrass distillations.
When dusk settles over, turn-down service is unhurried: shutters are drawn to a half-tilt, a ceramic carafe of filtered well water is placed beside your reading lamp, and the next morning’s pastry ledger is left on the writing desk so our kitchen knows whether to bake your buttermilk biscuits at seven or nine.
Guests in the Main House look south across our two-story cedar piazza toward St. Michael’s bell tower, while Carriage House guests wake inside the quiet brick enclosure of the parterre. Every stay includes morning coffee in the courtyard and priority seating at our kitchen table and rooftop bar.
Enquire to BookBecause we hold only fourteen keys, we manage every reservation in-house rather than through automated call centers. Tell us whether you prefer morning sun, a ground-floor courtyard threshold, or a working soaking tub, and our housekeepers will prepare your specific chamber.
Enquire to Book| Morning Board | Warm coastal biscuits, local stone-ground grits, seasonal orchard fruit, and French-press coffee served in the courtyard or on your private piazza. |
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| Acoustic Privacy | Solid masonry party walls, original interior storm shutters, and adults-oriented quiet hours after 10:00 PM. |
| Dining & Rooftop | Guaranteed nightly table allocation at our coastal Southern kitchen and sunset seating at the rooftop bar. |
| Bespoke Linen | Custom 400-thread-count percale sheets, hypoallergenic down or botanical kapok pillows on request. |
| Arrival & Valet | Private off-street carriage court parking with EV charging and luggage porterage directly to your wardrobe. |
Yes. Unlike large chain hotels that assign categories at check-in, direct enquiries allow you to lock in an exact chamber number—such as Room No. 04 for its morning light or Suite No. 14 for its corner drawing room.
To preserve our historic heart-pine staircase and load-bearing brickwork, the main house does not have an elevator. Guests seeking step-free access are warmly encouraged to book Carriage House Lofts No. 01 or No. 02 on the ground level.
Direct bookings enjoy flexible date modifications up to 14 days prior to arrival with zero administrative fees, plus complimentary late check-out at 1:00 PM when departing on Sundays.