Southern Virginia Horse Farm
Brunswick Plantation
Brunswick County, Virginia

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This 286 acres located in the rolling countryside of Virginia's Eastern Piedmont, provides a beautiful setting for the three homes, unique barn, and farm buildings, all coordinated in a convenient farm complex, ideally suited and situated for a horse or cattle farm. The long road frontage, river frontage, streams, pond, majestic oaks, dogwoods, boxwoods, many flowering shrubs, all combine to make this a magnificently beautiful place. There are about 75 acres of pasture and hay fields; balance in woodlands. Property has about 1100 feet frontage on scenic Meherrin River.

The Plantation was developed in 1915-1918 by wealthy industrialist Archibald McCrea, who later owned Carter's Grove,one of the great homes of Colonial Virginia, now owned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He commissioned an architect to design this hunt plantation, complete with all dependencies.

The custom built barn is a one-of-a-kind structure specifically designed for the Plantation. There is no known duplicate. Although huge, it was placed to blend with the other buildings in the complex. The barn has 22 stalls, 2 foaling stalls, wash rack, inside walker, and huge hay loft. The main barn has cork brick flooring. There are several attached equipment sheds.

The spacious main dwelling was designed for gratious living and entertaining. It has 3600 sq. ft. of heated/air conditioned living area. All floors are of beautiful heart-pine. There are six bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, with extensive closet space. The great room (the Hunt Room) has a cathedral ceiling, large fireplace, wet bar, and picture window overlooking the rolling, white fenced pastures. There is a large living room with built-in book cases, a large formal dining room with walk-in china closet, and a big country kitchen and butler's pantry. The large screened-in porch overlooks an in-ground pool for leisure enjoyment.

The Carriage house is a two-story two bedroom home with a large living room, fireplace, kitchen, 1and 1/2 baths, and attached 3-car garage. The third dwelling is a 3-bedroom ranch with living room, fireplace, dining room, and convenient kitchen. Also, there are two additional small tenant houses on the property. One is rented to a tenant who helps out with farm chores; the other is unoccupied and needs modernization.

This ONE-OF-A-KIND property is conveniently located about midway between Richmond, VA and Raleigh, NC, and just 2 hours west of Virginia Beach.

Price: $1,750,000

For more information, contact Rick Rawlings, Countryside Properties

Email: countrysgood@aol.com

Phone numbers:
434-848-4800 office
434-848-2211 nite (best bet)
434-447-9504 mobile