Built 1770 VLR # 005-0021 Opened 1770 Architectural style Georgian architecture | NRHP Reference # 74002104 Designated VLR November 20, 1973 Area 117 ha Added to NRHP 2 May 1974 | |
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Location W of VA 151, Clifford, Virginia | ||
Winton is a historic home located at Clifford, Amherst County, Virginia. It is a two-story, late-Georgian, frame structure with three bays on the main facade, several additions to the rear, and a prominent two-story portico. It is said to have been built by Colonel Joseph Cabell (1732-1798) in about 1770, who sold Winton to his friend Colonel Samuel Meredith, Jr. in 1779. He was a close friend of his near neighbor Patrick Henry, and married his sister Jane Henry. Patrick Henry's mother, Sarah Winston Syme Henry, lived at Winton and is buried in the cemetery on the grounds. In 1967, an anonymous donor gave it to the County of Amherst to be leased to a corporation and run as a country club.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is located in the Clifford-New Glasgow Historic District.