[MR] "Agecrott" hall correction

[Megan Shogren]

Agecroft is definitely worth a visit, as well as its next-door neighbor, Virginia House.  Virginia House was a 12th century priory that got the same treatment as Agecroft.  Wonderful to have such treasures literally next door.
http://www.vahistorical.org/vh/virginia_house01.htm

Both are splendid in the springtime, with fantastic gardens- but walking up the drive to Agecroft on a bleak winter's day also seems very appropriate- or you could watch one of Shakespeare's works in the courtyard as evening starts to ease the heat of summer...  http://www.richmondshakespeare.com/default.asp
Agecroft often has May Day and Guy Fawkes events, and y'all just missed their Christmas open house last Saturday.  Both are also usually part of Historic Garden Week. http://www.vagardenweek.org/ Note that if you come up for one of the events/open houses, you won't get a full tour- they usually do abridged station tours for those because of the number of visitors.  On the other hand, the Living History cast is there for the events.

-Kat Ferneley
Caer Mear




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From: Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
To: Atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Thu, December 17, 2009 10:23:59 AM
Subject: [MR] "Agecrott" hall correction

M'Lady Cairistiona, Greetings.

You were close. It is Agecroft Hall. Here is the web site: http://www.agecrofthall.com/ . Haven't been there yet myself, but it is on our list for next year.

Kind regards,


Mungo Napier, Archer of Mallard Lodge
(mka Garth Groff)

Laurie Clarkston wrote:
> Agecrott Hall in Richmond, VA has wonderful stainglass windows and in some of the window panes there are various heraldry done in the windows.
>  This is a house that was taken apart stone by stone and shiped to the US from England in the early 20th century and reconstructed.  Worth a daytrip to visit...
>  Cairistiona

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