Mary Munford in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Virginia House

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, July 3, 2009

1. Virginia House Marker

Inscription. Architectural elements of the Priory of Saint Sepulcher (Warwick Priory), originally built more than 900 years ago, were transplanted from England to Richmond in 1925 by American diplomat Alexander Wilbourne Weddell and his wife, Virginia. Reconfigured and renamed Virginia House, with gardens designed by landscape architect Charles F. Gillette, the estate lies a quarter mile south. Virginia House, an expression of the American Country Place movement, and its neighbor, Agecroft Hall, are the only two transplanted English manor houses standing side by side in America. Owned and exhibited by the Virginia Historical Society, Virginia House is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Erected 1998 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number SA-49.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1925.

Location. 37° 33.541′ N, 77° 29.715′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in Mary Munford. It is at the intersection of Cary Street Road and Canterbury Road, on the right when traveling east on Cary Street Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Richmond VA 23221, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mary-Cooke Branch Munford (approx. 0.4 miles away); Intermediate Line of Confederate Defenses (approx. 0.4 miles away); Windsor (approx. half a mile away); English Village (approx. 0.6 miles away); West of the Boulevard Historic District (approx. 0.9 miles away); Arthur Ashe Monument (approx. one mile away); The Home For Needy Confederate Women (approx. 1.1 miles away); Byrd Theatre (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Second Line of the Confederate Defenses (was approx. one mile away but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . . Virginia House. Virginia Historical Society (Submitted on July 4, 2009.)

Cary St Rd & Canterbury Rd image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, July 3, 2009

2. Cary St Rd & Canterbury Rd

Virginia House Gate image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, July 3, 2009

3. Virginia House Gate

Virginia House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, July 3, 2009

4. Virginia House

Virginia House, Garden Side. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Meriden Gravure Company

5. Virginia House, Garden Side.

'Virginia House', Richmond, Virginia, Formerly Warwich Priory in England, Reconstructed 1925--Garden Side VCU Libraries Digital Collections - Rarely Seen Richmond

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,402 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 4, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.