[MR] Richmond Virginia Tudor Mansions

[Garth Groff via Atlantia]

Noble Friends,

I believe in the past I've commented on Agecroft Hall, a reconstructed 
Tudor-era mansion in Richmond, Virginia. Less well known is an adjacent 
Tudor manor known today as Virginia House.

Like Agecroft, Virginia House is a modern home built in the 1920s using 
parts of a real Tudor mansion, in this case Warwick Priory: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_House . Today Virginia House is 
home to the Virginia Historical Society. Virginia House is open to the 
public during Historic Garden Week in April, and private tours can be 
arranged at other times by appointment. More information about Virginia 
House and its gardens can be found at 
http://www.vahistorical.org/your-visit/virginia-house?legacy=true .

Agecroft Hall and its gardens are open to the public throughout the year 
for tours and events: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agecroft_Hall . The 
house has its own web site at 
http://www.agecrofthall.com/View.aspx?page=home .

While I have yet to tour Virginia House, I have been to Agecroft Hall 
several times and highly recommend a visit. Although the original 
mansion dated to the late 1400s, the reconstruction and its furnishings 
are set in the late 1500s. The furnishings and many of the artifacts are 
real period pieces, though most are not original to the house itself.

If one made an appointment for Virginia House, it would be easy to also 
tour Agecroft Hall on the same day. The two properties are side-by-side.

Also, as you drive through Windsor Farms (a 1920s upscale subdivision), 
near the intersection of Canterbury and Sulgrave Roads you will pass 
some Civil War earthworks that were part of Richmond's Confederate defenses.

Yours Aye,


Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge