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Name: Drake Devonshire Inn
Type: Hotel
Location: 24 Wharf St, Welllington, ON K0K 3L0
Completion: April 2015
Owner: Jeff Stober, founder and CEO, Drake Hotel Properties
Lead Design Firm: +tongtong, John Tong, Eunice Lam
Architects of Record: ERA Architects
Art Curator: Mia Nielson
Stylist: Carlo Colacci
Landscape Architect: Joel Loblaw
Construction: BLT Construction and Loyalist
Design Identity: Coolaide Design Field Office
Rooms: 11 plus 2 suites
Toronto-based design studio +tongtong was assigned to revive an old bed and breakfast in Prince Edward County in south eastern Ontario, transforming it into a hip inn that aspires to become a gathering point for art and culture-loving visitors and locals alike. Owned by Drake Hotel Properties, the new Drake Devonshire Inn is the sister property to the popular Drake Hotel in downtown Toronto, and as such now brings the brand’s well known love for art and mischievous attitude out of the city and into the countryside. Situated about two hours east of Toronto, the Devonshire occupies a c.1880 building that used to be a foundry sitting at the mouth of a small creek and boasting unobstructed views over Lake Ontario.
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