Eltham Manor | |
Location | 405 Riverside Dr., near Bassett, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°43′57″N 79°58′05″W / 36.73250°N 79.96806°W |
Area | 200 acres (81 ha) |
Built | 1936 |
Built by | Millard Mason (barn) |
Architect | William Roy Wallace |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 99000960 [1] |
VLR No. | 044-5011 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 5, 1999 |
Designated VLR | December 7, 2005 [2] |
Eltham Manor is a historic estate located near Bassett, Henry County, Virginia. It was built in 1936 by William McKinley Bassett, and is a Colonial Revival brick dwelling. The manor is named for the Burwell Bassett family home, "Eltham Plantation", in Eltham, Virginia, that burned in 1879. It consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, central section flanked by two-story wings, connected by cured hyphens to a two-story garage and servant's quarters at the north end and a one-story open-air pavilion at the south end. The front facade features a Doric order portico with smooth two-story columns. Also on the property are a contributing barn (c. 1936) and lake (c. 1936). [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]