The Birchwood Inn
Home of Porters at The Birchwood
Casual Dining and Lodging
Open for dinner 4 to 8 Wednesday thru Saturday
Reservations Suggested
603.878.3285
Call for Take Out Availability
For room inquiries please call or text 603.249.6081!
Welcome!
Thanks so much for joining us!
History indicates that The Birchwood Inn was built around 1775, and has been operated in many different capacities over the years.
Today we offer a from scratch on-site restaurant and tavern, as well as three guest rooms for overnight visitors.
Stop, sit, and stay a while, enter as strangers and leave as friends!
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Porters at the Birchwood Inn is a casual restaurant with a simple culinary philosophy: serve identifiable dishes from scratch done impeccably well with the best available quality ingredients. Our Chef, Nellie Belanger, is born and raised locally and her goal is to present a beautiful and unique experience for you in a lovely and gracious setting. Using classic recipes, some culled from family cookbooks, we offer you a taste of excellence, with love as the main ingredient! Everything Nellie creates is made from scratch and lovingly crafted to offer you not just fantastic flavors but visual pleasure as well. Check out our craft cocktails and mocktails as well for a wonderful and relaxing experience!
Please email thebirchwoodinn@gmail.com or call or text Amy at 603.249.6081 to inquire about room reservations!
Choose from our Royal Bath, Cambridge, or Brighton Suites. Each suite has a private bath, a Keurig Coffee maker, a mini refrigerator, a microwave, cable or a smart TV, a toaster and electric kettle and free WiFi. We offer complimentary coffee and tea, and a snack basket. Our oversized towels and quality linens create a comfortable and luxurious experience for a one night stay or a longer visit. Enjoy our lovely wraparound porch and the onsite restaurant! We provide a breakfast basket which includes fresh fruit, yogurt, baked goods, cereal, oatmeal and juice and are happy to accommodate special requests if we are able to!
History traces the opening of the Birchwood Inn c.1775. The present barns were added in 1820 and the total Inn has remained in very much the same form as today since 1848.It is said that the bricks, and some of the glass, were made right here in Temple NH. We are so fortunate to be the keepers of beautiful Rufus Porter murals, discovered under wallpaper in 1971, and Henry David Thoreau is said to have stayed here on his way from Greenville to Peterborough in 1852. We were also the location, along with the beautiful village of Temple for the movie, "Summer", based on an Edith Wharton novel, and we were recently (October 2020) on NH Chronicle in conjunction with the re-release of the book Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire by Marianne O'Connor! Ask us about our ghosts!