The Hope and Glory Inn is a boutique inn of 7 rooms and 13 cottages. It is situated within a classic waterfront town on the Chesapeake Bay’s western shore.

Around 1890, a small school opened in Irvington on the property of the old Methodist Church. It had two front doors: one for boys, one for girls. Today that small school has graduated into what:

Travel + Leisure has named it as one of their “30 Great Inns in the US”

American Historic Inns has ranked it one of America’s” Top Ten Most Romantic Inns” to which The New York Times has responded: “The description hardly does it justice”

Frommer’s Travel Guide has awarded it Three Stars ¬ its highest rating ¬ in its three most recent editions - 6th, 7th and 8th

Coastal Living Magazine has called it “whimsical, extravagantly romantic… and guaranteed to make you smile” while National Geographic Traveler in its “Trips” section highlighted three trips to take: Jamaica, South Korea and to Irvington and its Hope and Glory Inn

Southern Living has named it one of their four “Favorite Romantic Getaways”.

Virginia Living has also chosen the Hope and Glory as one of Virginia's "13 Lavish Hotels and Inns".

Couples escape. Corporations retreat. Families unite. Brides and grooms tie the knot here - and remember year after year.

And no wonder…

Seven individually decorated rooms in a historic 1890 schoolhouse eclectically styled and hopelessly romantic; six quaint English cottages and lush grounds featuring flowers rarely seen in Virginia gardens today. Add this to our seven Carpenter Gothic cottages we call "tents" located in our Vineyard Grove situated at the headwaters of Carter's Creek. Follow winding paths through authentic English gardens, complete with a moon garden which only blooms in the evening, and an outdoor shower (circa 1940) with a claw foot tub and sink in a totally private setting. Sweet strains of music continuously drift softly throughout the hotel and out over the grounds to the paths and gardens. All situated in a Chesapeake Bay waterfront village full of chic shops and 673 endearing people.

Beyond the gardens, there is The Meeting House, a small retreat and conference center offering today’s technology in a creative and totally wireless environment that only can be found at The Hope and Glory. Our clientele includes the Fortune 500: The Kellogg Foundation, Leo Burnett, Pfizer Corporation, Procter and Gamble and Philip Morris.

Cruise onto the water with one of our own private captains aboard our authentic Chesapeake Bay "dead rise," the Faded Glory.

It is an easy walk through White Fences Vineyard to our Vineyard Grove tents (three bedroom cottages) where one can soak by our pool or paddle your canoe or kayak from our dock.
Dine in style at our Chef’s Table on Saturday evenings and choose our crab cruises on Fridays. Be bad and find yourself in Detention, our wine bar just off our lobby.
Soothe your senses and be pampered by our massage therapist or hone your golfing skills on three classic courses, all within a complimentary bike ride.

There is no better place to be. Let us delight you. Stay with us and experience our trendy town.