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Ampthill House, Richmond, VA
I don't like to include screenshots in my photostream, but the structure in the very center of this shot (brought to you by Bing Maps) is exceptionally important. View large for closer inspection!
Named Ampthill Plantation, this house originally stood in a small Chesterfield County port town called Warwick. It was built by Henry Cary in 1730. Henry Cary Jr. was the son of Henry Cary of Goochland County (d. 1720), builder of the Virginia State House and the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. Fine colonial building ran in the family. This house should not be confused with Ampthill plantation in Cumberland County, Virginia, which has an entirely different history.
Warwick Town was completely destroyed by the British during the Revolutionary War, but this house stood there until threatened much later by industrial development. It was moved and painstakingly rebuilt in this affluent area of Richmond in 1929, much like the house we call "Wilton," also relocated from the James River to the Windsor Farms district of Richmond.
Ampthill is still with us today, owned as an exceptionally private residence, which is probably why we don't know as much about it as we do about Wilton. The house has not been listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register because it has 1) been moved from its original location AND 2) has been altered from its original form. The five-bay section with two end chimneys is the original 1730 brick house.
In this aerial, we see the house from the REAR, fronting Cary Street Road.
It's interesting to note that the house stands at the intersection of Cary Street Road and Ampthill Road, both street-names referring to this important property and local landmark.
Griff, this one's for you! Go out there and get a good shot of it.
Ampthill House, Richmond, VA
I don't like to include screenshots in my photostream, but the structure in the very center of this shot (brought to you by Bing Maps) is exceptionally important. View large for closer inspection!
Named Ampthill Plantation, this house originally stood in a small Chesterfield County port town called Warwick. It was built by Henry Cary in 1730. Henry Cary Jr. was the son of Henry Cary of Goochland County (d. 1720), builder of the Virginia State House and the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. Fine colonial building ran in the family. This house should not be confused with Ampthill plantation in Cumberland County, Virginia, which has an entirely different history.
Warwick Town was completely destroyed by the British during the Revolutionary War, but this house stood there until threatened much later by industrial development. It was moved and painstakingly rebuilt in this affluent area of Richmond in 1929, much like the house we call "Wilton," also relocated from the James River to the Windsor Farms district of Richmond.
Ampthill is still with us today, owned as an exceptionally private residence, which is probably why we don't know as much about it as we do about Wilton. The house has not been listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register because it has 1) been moved from its original location AND 2) has been altered from its original form. The five-bay section with two end chimneys is the original 1730 brick house.
In this aerial, we see the house from the REAR, fronting Cary Street Road.
It's interesting to note that the house stands at the intersection of Cary Street Road and Ampthill Road, both street-names referring to this important property and local landmark.
Griff, this one's for you! Go out there and get a good shot of it.