Blandfield is a historic plantation house located at Caret, Essex County, Virginia. It was built about 1716–1720, and is a brick dwelling consisting of a two-story, central block with flanking two-story dependencies connected by one-story hyphens in the Georgian style. Blandfield was built for William Beverley (1696–1756), son of Virginia's first native-born historian, Robert Beverley, Jr. (c. 1673–1722). The house is one of the largest colonial plantation mansions in Virginia, and as of 1969, was still in the Beverley family.[3]
Blandfield | |
.jpg){kind=icon} Blandfield, HABS Photo, 1983 | |
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| Location | E of jct. of Rtes. 624 and U.S. 17, Caret, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°00′01″N 76°56′59″W / 38.00039°N 76.94986°W |
| Area | 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) |
| Built | c. 1750 |
| Architectural style | Georgian, Mid-Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 69000238[1] |
| VLR No. | 028-0005 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1969 |
| Designated VLR | May 13, 1969[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[1]
References
External links
Media related to Blandfield at Wikimedia Commons- Blandfield, U.S. Route 17 & State Route 624, Caret, Essex County, VA: 109 photos, 21 measured drawings, and 6 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Blandfield, Smokehouse, Caret, Essex County, VA: 3 photos and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
