McCormick House

McCormick House provides a subtle, tasteful balance of historic charm with every modern convenience provided. One of Picton's finest Qualmark five star rated accommodations. Your choice of three spacious, luxurious, ensuite upstairs bedrooms: The Captain's Room(NZ$420),The Boatshed Room (NZ$350) and The Palm Room,(NZ$490), all individually furnished. Prices are for two persons/night.

Lavish gourmet breakfasts feature fresh local produce, served alfresco on the terrace overlooking beautiful native bush reserve, or indoors in the separate guest dining area.

Jeanne and Carl invite you to share a pre-dinner glass of world famous Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc wine with delicious apéritifs.
An excellent time to discuss Picton's diverse variety of restaurant dining and activities for the following day.

When cooler, relax by a warm open fire with freshly brewed coffee or tea in the spacious guest lounge.

Enjoy a leisurely stroll through the McCormick House mature, native gardens encountering bellbirds, tui's, fantails and wood pigeons or join in a friendly game of pétanque.

The Palm Room
Your luxurious, romantic, hideaway with king size four poster bed awaits.

Relax on your seagrass sun loungers with a glass of bubbly and enjoy native garden vistas from your private sun gallery, featuring a large, double, corner spa bath.

The Italian marble and tiled, curved-wall ensuite has a multi-jet double shower, heated towel rail, hair drier and wall heater.

100% Egyptian cotton linen, robes and towels, locally made soaps and toiletries are provided for your convenience.

Alarm clock radio, direct dial telephone, TV, DVD, & CD are all provided in your room.

The Captains Room
Luxuriously appointed super king size bed or two super king singles.

100% Egyptian cotton linen and electric blankets are supplied.

Relax in a large claw foot bath, set in your bedroom on a tiled pedestal, with private bush views.

Writing desk, luggage rack and feature lighting.
Alarm clock radio, direct dial telephone, TV, DVD, & CD are all provided in your room.

The fully tiled ensuite has a double size shower and heated towel rail,
hair drier and wall heater.

100% cotton robes and Egyptian cotton towels.

Hand made soaps and toiletries are provided for your convenience.

The Boat Shed Room
Featuring a New Zealand / Pacific theme, providing casual elegance.

Sunny bay window overlooks the private native garden and pétanque terrain.

Luxurious queen size slat bed with 100% Egyptian cotton linen and electric blanket.

Cane lounge chairs, luggage rack, ceiling fan and feature lighting.

Alarm clock radio, direct dial telephone, TV , DVD, & CD are all provided in your room.

The ensuite is fully tiled, with double size shower, heated towel rail, wall heater and hair drier.

100% cotton robes and Egyptian cotton towels.

Hand made soaps and toiletries are provided for your convenience.

Off street parking is provided for guests convenience.
Courtesy pick up from ferries and local Picton airport is available by arrangement.

Monitored smoke detectors plus door locks have been fitted in rooms for your safety and security.
McCormick House has a 'no smoking' policy indoors.

After two years of extensive renovations by new owners Carl and Jeanne Beaumont, McCormick house retains its original charm with its original fireplaces, native rimu timber panelling and staircase.

Standing sentinel in the hills behind the bay, Mt McCormick bears his name. Most of his working life was spent farming at Whatamango Bay near Picton in the picturesque Marlborough Sounds, retiring to Picton in 1914, where he had this large architecturally designed house built on this prominent half-acre site.

McCormick House provides a subtle, tasteful balance of historic charm with every modern convenience provided. One of the finest and Picton's only Qualmark five star guest and hosted accommodation.

Your choice of three spacious, luxurious, ensuite upstairs bedrooms: The Captain's Room, The Boatshed Room and The Palm Room, all individually furnished.

Lavish breakfasts feature fresh local produce, served alfresco on the terrace overlooking beautiful native bush reserve, or indoors in the separate guest dining area.

Jeanne and Carl invite you to share a pre-dinner glass of world famous Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc wine with delicious apéritifs.
An excellent time to discuss Picton's diverse variety of restaurant dining and activities for the following day.

When cooler, relax by a warm open fire with freshly brewed coffee or tea in the spacious guest lounge.

Enjoy a leisurely stroll through the McCormick House mature, native gardens encountering bellbirds, tui's, fantails and wood pigeons or join in a friendly game of pétanque.

Your hosts Jeanne and Carl are South Islanders and have travelled extensively throughout New Zealand, they love meeting people and sharing their local knowledge, to help make your stay here a special one.
Eco-friendly recycling, composting and solar water heating play an important role in McCormick House.

Jeanne enjoys gardening and catering to the whims of their two cats Ashlee and Cuddles, Carl, a cabinetmaker, has a passion for restoring early New Zealand colonial furniture & boats, together they enjoy bush walks and boating.

They both look forward to welcoming you to their home. A minimum two nights stay is recommended, as there are so many activities and attractions to discover in Marlborough.

A gentle stroll leads to central Picton shopping, cafés, restaurants, art galleries, waterfront activities, eco-cruises and bush walks. McCormick House is central to Marlborough's boat marinas, numerous wineries, breathtaking waterfront scenery and the world famous Queen Charlotte Track.

Carl and Jeanne welcome you to one of Picton's finest residences and look forward to making your stay at McCormick house a pleasurable one.

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