Built 1762 (1762) VLR # 066-0004 Opened 1762 Area 63 ha Function House | NRHP Reference # 92001272 Designated VLR April 22, 1992 Floors 2 Architectural style Georgian architecture Added to NRHP 24 September 1992 | |
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Location VA 607 N side, 2000 ft. E of jct. with VA 669, near Kilmarnock, Virginia | ||
Ditchley is a historic plantation house located near Kilmarnock, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built in 1762, and is a two-story, Georgian style brick mansion with a hipped roof. It consists of a five bay main block flanked by one-story wings. The house was renovated and modernized in the 1930s by noted philanthropist Jessie Ball duPont (1884-1970). Also on the property are two contributing smokehouses and the Lee family cemetery and site of a kitchen building.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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