Glebe House of Southwark Parish

Historic house in Virginia, United States

United States historic place
Glebe House of Southwark Parish
Virginia Landmarks Register
Glebe House of Southwark Parish, April 1971
37°8′27″N 76°54′17″W / 37.14083°N 76.90472°W / 37.14083; -76.90472
Area22 acres (8.9 ha)
Built1724 (1724)
NRHP reference No.76002123[1]
VLR No.090-0012
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 17, 1976
Designated VLROctober 21, 1975[2]

Glebe House of Southwark Parish, also known as The Old Glebe, is a historic glebe house located near Spring Grove, Surry County, Virginia. It was built about 1724, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, single pile, central-hall plan brick dwelling. It has a gambrel roof with dormers, added in the 19th century, has exterior end chimneys, and sits on a brick basement. Also on the property is a contributing frame smokehouse. The glebe house was sold, as required by the legislature during the Disestablishment of 1802. It was subsequently remodeled and used as a private dwelling.It sits on the site of Indian Spring Plantation patented by Nicholas Merriweather in 1666. The property is currently owned by the Perkins family.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Glebe House of Southwark Parish" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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