Littlebourne blossoms as a boutique hotel, a guest house and a short-term stay

We’ve been asked about the difference of these traditional tourism accommodation styles, and how to define Littlebourne.

As a home Littlebourne has always been totally welcoming, embracing and scrumptious. The 2025 updates have embodied the mantra ‘open to share’ and now we welcome swathes of new visitors who appreciate heritage, design and travelling in style.

The latest chapter for our serene heritage house on the edge of Bathurst keeps it as a style leading home first, but in a manner that can be shared with many people over many more centuries. Each visitor now has an option to use Littlebourne as a boutique hotel, guest house or a gorgeous group booking stay.

Boutique Hotel

As a boutique hotel, Littlebourne is a fabulously luxurious stay perfect for those looking for high end features, without being stuffy or intimidating, and celebrates Australian heritage.

Littlebourne certainly delivers the boutique hotel punch – each room is gorgeously unique and themed to a regional luminary who trod large upon their time, making a mark on history.

Individual guests can retreat into the private suite of their choice, enjoying a spacious room with king or queen beds, antique writing tables, reading nooks and the scent of garden roses. Each suite includes an old fashioned iron tub to soak away the worries of the world, romantic spa bath bubbles and a delicious local wine.

Guest House

A guest house should reflect the local culture and a personal style – and again Littlebourne exudes this from every convict brick and every piece of carefully selected antique furniture.

As a guest house Littlebourne feels like a private home that extends an inclusive and welcoming embrace. The living areas have couches selected for ‘feet-on’ comfort, strewn with feather cushions and throws to wrap around while playing chess, doing the crossword or reading a novel in a sun filled corner.

With just six stylish suites, and more than six shared spaces, every guest can find their happy place or mingle in the kitchen, helping themselves to the curated teas and locally roasted coffee.

Short stay group accommodation

Every individual guest promises to return to Littlebourne with a group, to take the full house and splash out in celebration together. Two or three families can happily cook together in the gorgeous kitchen for banquets or garden picnics. And the local Littlebourne suppliers can also cater for almost every culinary whim and wish.

For family milestones, cheeky friend group escapes, or for celebratory events, Littlebourne ensures everyone has a gorgeous room, that the living areas create excitement and wonder, and that the house becomes a private home which is perfect for group stays.

Flexible, functional, fabulous

Littlebourne is becoming part of the personal story of many fabulous new house friends. It has been redesigned for people who don’t live (or holiday) by the rules. Boutique hotel. Guest House. Short term stay.

Our guests are like so many people who built and adapted this extraordinary house over the last two centuries. Going beyond rules and old fashioned definitions.

People create their own unique experiences at Littlebourne!

Littlebourne Guest House is the perfect location for groups to gather