Glebe House of Southwark Parish | |
 Glebe House of Southwark Parish, April 1971 | |
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| Location | E of Spring Grove on VA 10, near Spring Grove, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°8′27″N 76°54′17″W / 37.14083°N 76.90472°W |
| Area | 22 acres (8.9 ha) |
| Built | 1724 |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002123[1] |
| VLR No. | 090-0012 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 17, 1976 |
| Designated VLR | October 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 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ 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
