Blandfield | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | May 13, 1969[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 028-0005 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | E of jct. of Rtes. 624 and U.S. 17, Caret, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.0004°N -76.9499°W |
Built: | c. |
Architecture: | Georgian, Mid-Georgian |
Added: | November 12, 1969 |
Refnum: | 69000238 |
Blandfield is a historic plantation house located at Caret, Essex County, Virginia. It was built about 1716–1720, and is a brick dwelling consisting of a two-story, central block with flanking two-story dependencies connected by one-story hyphens in the Georgian style. Blandfield was built for William Beverley (1696–1756), son of Virginia's first native-born historian, Robert Beverley, Jr. (c. 1673–1722). The house is one of the largest colonial plantation mansions in Virginia, and as of 1969, was still in the Beverley family.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.