Eriksen Premises
An 1880s merchant building on West Street, Trinity, with seven ensuite rooms above its own café
About this stay
Eriksen Premises is one of the old merchant buildings of Trinity, a village on Trinity Bay where the Trinity Historical Society runs several museum buildings, from the Lester-Garland House to the Green Family Forge. The house dates from the 1880s and now holds seven ensuite rooms, each looking over the village or the water. Breakfast is continental and comes from The Vintage Grind, the licensed café downstairs. There is no elevator, so luggage goes up by the stairs.
The inn opens from mid-May to mid-October, a little longer than the Green Family Forge, which opens from 2 June to 12 October. Booking sites give check-in from 3 pm and checkout at 11 am. No 24-hour front desk is published, and one booking site says reception hours are limited, so send your arrival time ahead if you will come in late. Booking sites mention parking, without saying where in the village. Trinity sits at the end of Route 239, about three hours by car from St. John's.
- 1880s merchant building at 8 West Street
- Seven ensuite rooms with village or ocean views
- Continental breakfast from The Vintage Grind, the licensed café downstairs
- Open mid-May to mid-October
- No elevator: every room is reached by stairs
- Rated 8.2 across 206 reviews
Our take
Eriksen Premises is an 1880s merchant house at 8 West Street, turned into seven ensuite rooms above The Vintage Grind, a licensed café that serves the continental breakfast. You wake up inside Trinity's historic village, a short walk from the Lester-Garland House and the Green Family Forge, both run by the Trinity Historical Society. Its 206 reviews average 8.2; praise goes to the building and the location, while complaints come back to a thin breakfast on some days and stairs with no elevator. I would choose it for a two- or three-night stay built around the village, the theatre and the Skerwink Trail, and pass on it if anyone in the group struggles with steps.
- ✓Set your GPS for Trinity on Route 239, Bonavista Peninsula: Newfoundland has a second Trinity, and the town itself warns drivers about the mix-up.
- ✓Count about three hours by car from St. John's and one hour from Clarenville, where you leave the Trans-Canada for Route 230.
- ✓Start the Skerwink Trail from Rocky Hill Road in Trinity East: the 5.3 km coastal loop is rated moderate to difficult, so bring hiking boots rather than village shoes.
- ✓Visit the Green Family Forge between Monday and Saturday, the days the blacksmith demonstrations run, and keep Sunday for the trail.
- ✓Plan theatre nights for before October: Rising Tide Theatre lists its season from mid-May to the end of September, with shows Tuesday to Sunday, so the inn's last two weeks are quiet evenings.
Why we love it
- Sleeping inside an 1880s merchant house in Trinity's historic village
- Seven rooms only, each with a village or ocean view
- A licensed café on the ground floor for breakfast
- Walking distance to the Green Family Forge and the Lester-Garland House
Why guests love itChildren who can manage stairs and quiet evenings will do fine here; toddlers less so. The building dates from the 1880s, there is no elevator, and in a house of seven rooms with wooden floors, sound carries. There is no pool or play area. What it offers older children is the village itself: the Green Family Forge, a living history museum where the blacksmith works from Monday to Saturday, the Lester-Garland House nearby, and the sea stacks of the Skerwink Trail a short drive away in Trinity East. The café downstairs makes breakfast simple. I would book it for a family with children of about eight and up, and not with a baby who wakes at night.
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