Seaside Cape Cod Cottage Sits Atop Ocean Bluffs with View to Bay & Provincetown Stairway across from cottage to private beach, view to Cape Cod Bay This listing was first published here in 2016. Date last modified - Sunday, February 05, 2017 This property requires that you message the owner to complete your booking request. Tell us about your trip: My travel dates are flexible Your dates are Available! Act now, book this property Save info for other inquiries By clicking 'Send email' you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Select one of the following reasons and our VRBO Trust & Security Team will look into it. I was asked to pay outside of VRBO's website The owner/manager requested I complete my booking and make a payment outside of VRBO's website. This listing should not be on VRBO It appears suspicious or might be fraudulent. Spam or inappropriate content The listing contains questionable, promotional or spam content.
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Each comfortable room has its own color palate, and all are furnished with antique pieces that encourage guests to curl up with a good book and unwind. The helpful innkeepers offer advice on things to do, places to eat, and local activities for guests that prefer a more active vacation.As in any great bed and breakfast, the heart of the scene is in the morning meal. Breakfast is served for two hours each morning in the garden room, and includes a variety of hot dishes made to order as well as pastries, fruit, and coffee. After breakfast, the relaxation can continue nearby at the beach, or the inn also offers exclusive access to the Chatham Health and Swim Club. The Chatham Gables Inn is away from most of the action, allowing guests to unwind in one of the Adirondack chairs on the back patio free of distractions.Excludes Rug Pads, One of a Kind Rugs and Rio Mats.Our Core BeliefsOur values are the heart of our culture. They serve as a compass, in that they describe the way we work. They provide a unity of purpose at all levels of organizational behavior.
VisionWe Want To Be The Best Furniture CompanyMissionImprove QualityReduce CostDo More BusinessBe ProfitableStay In BusinessCore ValuesHonesty & IntegrityPassion, Drive, DisciplineContinuous ImprovementDirty FingernailGrowth FocusedCompany OverviewMade for SuccessSince 1945, our teamwork, systems and desire to continuously improve are hallmarks of a company whose passion is put in every action—and makes success happen.Success is here »LeadershipPurpose-Driven VisionUnder the leadership of Todd Wanek, Ashley Furniture Industries President and CEO since 2002, and Ron Wanek, it’s Founder and Chairman of The Board, the family-owned company continues to evolve and grow. The company has experienced numerous rebirths, due in no small part to a team of dedicated visionaries who realize the real secret to success is sustaining it.Leading by example »HistoryFamily-Made CompanyAshley Furniture Industries is an American success story over 70 years in the making. When Ron Wanek and a small group of investors bought the furniture company in 1976, a staff of 35 employees were producing wood occasional furniture in a 35,000 square foot plant in Arcadia, Wisconsin.
Today, Ashley Furniture Industries manufacturers furniture in 13 million square feet (300 acres) of dedicated factory space.Follow the timeline »Manufacturing & Supply ChainBuilt Right HereAll Ashley Furniture Industries products are designed and manufactured in facilities across America and around the globe. The strategic location of these super plants and our optimized manufacturing processes helps control costs and speed delivery to market.Tour the facilities »With good reason, we felt a bit apprehensive as we approached the side-door entrance on the covered porch, after walking up from the circular driveway, with its dramatic flagpole in the middle. Already we were impressed by the almost full acre of well-cared-for lawns and perennial gardens; the crabapple trees and Norway maples; and the assorted ash, cedar, and hickory nut trees, as well as the cedar lampposts and the property’s several benches for peaceful viewing. We were about to enter–that is, if we dared–what’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Isaac Davis House, one of many historic homes along Old King’s Highway (Route 6A) in Barnstable, Massachusetts, the second-oldest English village on Cape Cod, established in 1639.
(Neighboring Yarmouth, we should note, also claims “second oldest” status. Sandwich, settled in 1637.) From an earlier telephone conversation with the owners, we knew that although this house was built by Isaac Davis, the town tax collector, in the early to mid-19th century, with later additions, there are foundation stones in the cellar that date back to the original fort house of 1643 … long before George Washington, for instance, was even born. Anyway, the reason we were apprehensive was that we felt that if we opened that door, we’d be torn to shreds by a pack of vicious dogs. That’s what it sounded like.They’re all in cages,” said a friendly voice from the fenced-in brick patio beyond the porch. It was our host, Clyde Claus, a retired banker, who, with his wife of 53 years, Eleanor (Ellie), purchased this historic old Federal in 1997. They’ve thoroughly renovated it and now have it on the market for $850,000. (Theirs is the usual reason: “Time to downsize.”)
Sure enough, when Clyde opened the door for us, there were four fairly big dogs–Hungarian Vizslas, he told us–in individual cages, barking their heads off. Amidst the din, Clyde introduced us to Eleanor, who was in their beautiful kitchen–cherry cabinets, granite counters, fancy stainless-steel appliances. Then he escorted us past two parlors, both with fireplaces, into the second of two living rooms, with its plush furniture covered with fabrics in colors replicating those used in New England in 1792. (Same, incidentally, throughout the house with the wallpaper, custom wooden Venetian blinds, and curtains.) As we settled ourselves into an incredibly comfortable stuffed chair, Eleanor offered us coffee and fresh croissants with almonds. Next thing we knew, those four big dogs–Tago, his younger brother Igor, and the twins Phoebe and Bomber–came bounding in, but at least now, thank goodness, they were friendly. As we conversed, they obediently lay down, content to simply stare at our fast-disappearing croissant.
Over the next half-hour, we learned that both Clyde and Eleanor were originally from New Jersey–although Clyde has Cape Cod ancestors–but lived for years in California, where Eleanor was the CEO of a large hospital in Oakland. They have no children but make up for that with myriad interests. For instance, both are weavers, and for the past 48 years Clyde has been a beekeeper, tending his three current hives behind the house–resulting last year in no fewer than 109 pounds of honey. “Honey of the Isaac Davis House Apiary” note the labels on his small jars. Eleanor, in turn, is a busy Cape Cod real estate agent. Both remain active in support of their respective colleges, Mt. Holyoke (Eleanor served on the board for 17 years) and Dartmouth (Clyde is class of ’53). Both enjoy boating, too, but recently sold the vessel they used to keep in Barnstable Harbor, just a quarter mile away as the crow flies. On our subsequent tour of the house, grounds, and outbuildings, we were particularly taken by the beamed-ceiling dining room with all its built-in shelves, and by the sunken solarium with its India-tile floor, skylights, and triple-paned French doors, leading out to a terrace and fish pond.
Two stairways, one of them curved, go to the second floor, where you’ll find four bedrooms, one with a fireplace. (The house has a total of three fireplaces and three bathrooms.) Above that, a large attic is now used for storage but could be converted easily into even more living space. Once outside in the fenced-in area where the dogs run and play, we walked through a gate to the separate two-car garage, where we climbed outside stairs to a spacious, sunny weaving room. “Well,” Clyde replied, “two people can’t use the same loom. We have different styles.” Then to the beehives out on the lawn amidst lovely old maples. “The bee culture is similar to human culture,” observed Clyde, as we stood closer to the hives than maybe we would have on our own. “It’s dominated by females.” We knew by this time to recognize the ever-present twinkle in Clyde’s eye. (Then again, maybe he was serious.) From there we walked down the sloping part of the lawn to the property’s mystery feature.