After 18 years hosting guests from the four corners of the globe, George and Beverly McTurk are getting out of the B&B business.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” said George. “We had a good run of it.”

The McTurks, originally from Pittsburgh, Penn., moved to Marion 19 years ago. As they visited various properties, they kept their eye out for one that would make a good home and bed and breakfast.

Pineywood Farm on Front Street struck them as the perfect location. The former Dairy Farm was secluded with a spacious yard and a barn that was already partially converted into a functioning space.

“It was my dream to have a bed and breakfast. When we saw this place, I knew I had found it,” said Beverly.

The couple started out with three rooms in the main house and later expanded to the converted barn, which has two rooms.

Later Marion bylaws changed, restricting guesthouses to three rooms.

Breakfast was served in the main house, which will be 200 years old next year, where the McTurks also lived.

The couple took cues from Beverly's Scottish background and her father's love of golf, using family photos and heirlooms to decorate the B&B.

Other personal touches included a claw-footed bathtub Beverly discovered in the chicken coop at the back of the property.

The pair relocated to Marion after George got a job working in the development office for Tabor Academy. He later moved on to work in real estate at Coldwell Banker, but the Tabor connection proved helpful for Pineywood.

Many of the McTurks' guests over the years have been parents, some from as far away as China, dropping their kids off at the school.

“We never advertised because we didn’t really have to,” said Beverly. “We were as busy as we wanted to be.”

A few famous people have also graced the rooms of Pineywood Farm, though the McTurks are keeping the guestbook closed on that account.

Going forward, the couple hope someone else will carry on the bed and breakfast they began – one of only two in town.

The two recently purchased a new home in Mattapoisett but will continue to offer rooms until the property sells.

As they near the end of their tenure at Pineywood, George and Beverly are proud to say they never had any major problems with their guests. They weren’t always sad to see some guests check out, but all in all, it was a positive experience.

“It was just time to move on to something else,” said Beverly. “It was time for a change.”