| Glebe of Shelburne Parish | |
| Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
| Designated Other1 Date: | November 19, 1974[1] |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 053-0186 |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Location: | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Lincoln off VA 728, near Lincoln, Virginia |
| Coordinates: | 39.0702°N -77.6755°W |
| Added: | April 1, 1975 |
| Refnum: | 75002023 |
The Glebe of Shelburne Parish is a house built as a glebe in rural Loudoun County, Virginia around 1775 to attract a cleric to preach in the Shelburne Parish of the Anglican Church. Shelburne Parish, named for the Earls of Shelburne, desired in 1771 that a minister preach at Leesburg, Virginia every three months. The absence of a glebe and glebe lands detracted from efforts to recruit a parson, so in 1773 the parish purchased 473acres and built a house on the property.[2]
The two-story brick house stands on a hilltop overlooking Goose Creek. There are five bays, of which two may have been added. A two-bay kitchen wing is appended. The interior, which by vestry order was to include one large room 20feet by 20feet and another 18feet by 19feet, follows a hall-and-parlor plan. The interior may not have been completed until after the American Revolution, as its detailing is Greek Revival in character. The property includes a number of outbuildings, including an ice house and a kitchen.[2]
Virginia ordered the sale of all glebes in 1802, but the parish resisted. Legal action was not settled until 1830, and the property was finally sold in 1840.[2] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1975. The Shelburne Glebe is contained within the larger Goose Creek Historic District, a rural landscape.[3]