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The Membrane Domain

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The Membrane Domain

The Guest Rooms
at the Joseph Ambler Inn


At the Joseph Ambler Inn, we strive to offer our customers a unique experience in overnight lodging. We hope that each of our guests will leave as our friends and will return to visit us many times. Below are a list of the rooms available for reservation, a description, and a photograph for each room.


The Rooms of the Inn Reside in Three Buildings
The Original House, The Barn, and The Corybeck


The Original House:

The stone manor house, built over three centuries, features the original living room dating back to 1734 and the school room with its massive walk-in fireplace built in 1929. Guests are encouraged to relax in these parlors. Below are the rooms associated with the main house...just click on the small picture to see an enlarged photo of the interior of the room.

Penn Suite - Original 1734 home, living room appointed with primative early American furniture and massive stone fireplace, 2nd floor bedroom, random width floors, sloping ceilings, Oriental rugs, camel back sofa. $165.00/175.00

Flood Room - Spacious second floor master bedroom, two four poster beds, antique dresser, stenciling, Queen Anne wing chair, $110.00 / 120.00

Roberts Room - Large second floor room, queen size four poster bed with canopy, blue camelback sofa opening to a sofa bed, two sets of double windows, $110.00 / 120.00

Kratz Room - Spacious third floor room, queen size bed, exposed beams and brickwork, fireplace, and camelback sofa, $120.00 / 130.00

Wright Room - Quaint third floor room under the eaves, rose printed wall paper, Victorian double bed, Victorian settee, and coffee table, $90.00 / 100.00

Wolfe Room - Quaint third floor room under the eaves, peach wallpaper, Victorian carved double bed, marble top washstand, $90.00 / 100.00

Ambler Room - Second floor room dating from 1820, queen size carved mahogany bed, Victorian marble top dresser, random width floors with Oriental rugs, $110.00 / 120.00

Allman (Bridal) Suite - Spacious first floor room in wing attached to Original House. Private entrance, queen size four poster rice leaf carved bed, camelback sofa opening into sofa bed, French doors open to private wing with fireplace and natural stone jacuzzi pool, $190.00 / 200.00

Buzby Room - Second floor room in wing attached to Original House, private entrance, queen size four poster bed under sloping eaves, cozy love seat under double dormer windows, $90.00 / 100.00


The Barn:

The loft of the 1820 stone bank barn was renovated in 1987 to create two floors of guest rooms. Each spacious room opens onto a large center hallway framed at one end by a magnificent two story window. Many of the rooms are highlighted by original exposed stone walls and stenciling. Those on the third floor have cathedral ceilings. All rooms are elegantly furnished with period reproductions and have individual thermostats for heat and air conditioning.

Second floor rooms with queen size beds include:

Jarrettown Room, Rose Valley Room, Penllyn Room, Pleasantville Room, Colmar Room and The Springhouse Room, $110.00 / 120.00

Second floor room with two double beds includes:

The Montgomery Square Room, $110.00 / 120.00

Third floor rooms with queen size beds include:

Eureka Room, Blooming Glenn Room, Blue Bell Room and the Gwynedd Corners Room, $110.00 / 120.00

Third floor rooms with two double beds include:

Skippack Room and Pinetown Room, $110.00 / 120.00


The Corybeck:

Once the tenant farmer's cottage, the name means "crow's nesting place", referring to the yearly migration of crows and blackbirds to the property. Guest rooms in this building feature private entrances with access to a porch or patio. Each room is attractively decorated with stenciling and period reproduction furniture.

First floor rooms with queen size beds include:

Foulke, Jones and Conrad Rooms, $90.00 / 100.00

First floor room with double bed includes:

Slingluff Room, $90.00 / 100.00

Second floor rooms with queen size beds include:

Pearce and Morgan Rooms, $90.00 / 100.00




All rooms include private baths, cable TV, telephones and air conditioning
Corporate rates are available
Charge for extra person in room $15.00
Major credit cards accepted
Deposit for first night required at time of booking reservation. Deposit is fully refundable up until 10 days before schedueled arrival date. Reservations should be made well in advance
Rates are subject to change without notice
Check-in time is after 3:00pm
Check-out time is before 11:00am
No pets, please!
Gift certificates for overnight stays and the restaurant are available at the front desk. Call (215) 362-7500.