Discreet Luxury with a Relaxing Harmony

Our 13 rooms and suites are wonderfully comfortable with a sleek décor.

Where style and space come as standard

Enjoy the experience. Both the destination and a journey

Discreet Luxury with a Relaxing Harmony

Our 13 rooms and suites are wonderfully comfortable with a sleek décor.

A taste of something special

A vibrant bar and restaurant helps define your stay

Welcome to the Oldest Inn in Guernsey

With heritage going back to the 19th century.

The Yacht in days gone by....


The South Esplanade to the south of the main town and port of St Peter Port was, historically, where trading took place and the majority of local accommodation was located.

As you can see from the adjacent drawing and photos below our location was directly opposite the tidal beach used by the ship building community of the Island to construct, launch and land sea going trade vessels.


 


The building is believed to have been built in the mid-19 Century. The first reference to the building can be found in the photograph below and The Yacht is the highlighted white building. This dates between 1853 and1854 as it shows the west wall of the Albert Dock still under construction. During this period Guernsey began to reclaim swathes of land along the sea front in order to increase its’ commercial facilities and is the area where the bus terminus now stands.



Records also show that The Yacht Inn was known as The Star Hotel at this time. The first reference to a public house on the site is of The Star, made in the formal list of Public Houses in 1903 with Mr Osmond Charles Mordaunt listed as the proprietor.

No reference to the building is mentioned in the 1845 Island Census however the white façade is clearly visible in the photograph giving a good indication of its’ age.


At some point The Star Hotel changed its name to The Royal Yacht Hotel, however, this is not believed to have taken place until approximately 1930 as a hotel of the same name was already in existence and did not close until 1928. It was in the main town and is now occupied by Boots The Chemist.

Unfortunately records from this period to present day are extremely scarce but local rumour claims it remained a hotel and was forced to house German soldiers throughout the occupation of the Island during World War II, between 1940 and 1945.