Glebe House of Southwark Parish | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | October 21, 1975[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 090-0012 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | E of Spring Grove on VA 10, near Spring Grove, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.1408°N -76.9047°W |
Added: | May 17, 1976 |
Refnum: | 76002123 |
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 -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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.