Halfway Manor (aka HighMeadow), The Plains, VA
c1934 William Lawrence Bottomley architect. Once 750 acres today its approx 400 - 500acres now and is surrounded by lands used for Angus cattle farm largely. IMHO it is perhaps the finest estate in the Middleburg area. Last on the market in 1999.
Commissioned by James Norman de Rapelye Whitehouse [1858-1949] a very successful NY stockbroker. (Referenced as "J. Norman de Rham Whitehouse" or "Norman de R. Whitehouse" in publications.)
James and wife Vira [nee Boarman] also owned an estate in Newport RI - Sea Edge, on Price's Neck - and a townhouse in NYC. Vira was a noted suffragette. They had one daughter Alice Vira Whitehouse (d 1999 in Stanford, CT) a Newport debutante of some note who married and divorced John Frederick Harjes.
Little is documented with their hunt country life.
Note the photo is of a photo. All rights with the original. Used strictly for reference purposes.
April 1999 - Thomas & Talbot Realtors listed the estate under the name "High Meadows". Description ...
"A superb stone manor house evocative of the finest English country architecture. Designed in 1930 by William Lawrence Bottomley, a much admired New York architect known for his handsome use of symmetry, imposing entrances and meticulous attention to fine detail. $7,500,000"
Owned today by former AOL vice president John Ayers (High Meadows Farm), 3367 Landmark Road, The Plains, VA 20198
Halfway Manor (aka HighMeadow), The Plains, VA
c1934 William Lawrence Bottomley architect. Once 750 acres today its approx 400 - 500acres now and is surrounded by lands used for Angus cattle farm largely. IMHO it is perhaps the finest estate in the Middleburg area. Last on the market in 1999.
Commissioned by James Norman de Rapelye Whitehouse [1858-1949] a very successful NY stockbroker. (Referenced as "J. Norman de Rham Whitehouse" or "Norman de R. Whitehouse" in publications.)
James and wife Vira [nee Boarman] also owned an estate in Newport RI - Sea Edge, on Price's Neck - and a townhouse in NYC. Vira was a noted suffragette. They had one daughter Alice Vira Whitehouse (d 1999 in Stanford, CT) a Newport debutante of some note who married and divorced John Frederick Harjes.
Little is documented with their hunt country life.
Note the photo is of a photo. All rights with the original. Used strictly for reference purposes.
April 1999 - Thomas & Talbot Realtors listed the estate under the name "High Meadows". Description ...
"A superb stone manor house evocative of the finest English country architecture. Designed in 1930 by William Lawrence Bottomley, a much admired New York architect known for his handsome use of symmetry, imposing entrances and meticulous attention to fine detail. $7,500,000"
Owned today by former AOL vice president John Ayers (High Meadows Farm), 3367 Landmark Road, The Plains, VA 20198