Ampthill is a plantation in Cartersville, Virginia, about 45 minutes west of Richmond, whose brick addition was designed by Thomas Jefferson and built between 1835 and 1837 onto an earlier clapboard structure, in an Early Republic and Roman Revival style. Ampthill is the only privately owned Jeffersonian property in Virginia and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register since 1972; the present 60-acre property, drawn from an original tract of 2,870 acres, includes the manor house with its original glass windows, four outbuildings and a barn built in 1920, and today operates as a bed and breakfast. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountCumberland County, United States 2 Completed Year Classification
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Source Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Ampthill (Cumberland County, Virginia) (Virginia Landmarks Register 024-0032)
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1. Ampthill (Cumberland County, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
Ampthill
The addition began in 1835 and was completed in 1837, and the structure was renamed "Ampthill." The two "houses" were separate for a number of years until a one-story passageway was built to connect them.
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Ampthill is a plantation located in Cartersville, Virginia, roughly 45 minutes west of Richmond, and just over an hour south of Charlottesville. Since 1972, the property has been listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register.
In Group: Inns, Taverns and Public Houses, Lead paragraph
It is currently operated as a bed and breakfast and enjoys the prestige of being the only privately owned Jeffersonian property in Virginia.
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Cumberland County, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Cumberland County, United States
Wikidata item Q4748546, property P131/P17 (location): Cumberland County, United States
Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Ampthill (Cumberland County, Virginia) (Virginia Landmarks Register 024-0032)
Virginia Department of Historic ResourcesIn Style: Neoclassical Architecture, Virginia Landmarks Register description
The house was constructed in the one-story Classical Revival format favored by Thomas Jefferson.
Uses Element: Brick, Virginia Landmarks Register description
With its refined classical elements set off by red brick walls, the composition is a graceful statement of Jefferson’s architectural ideals.
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