Ashleigh, 3252 Winchester Road, Delaplane, Virginia, is located in northwestern Fauquier County. 6+ miles south of Upperville, Virginia. It is approximately one hour from Washington, DC and 45 minutes from Dulles International Airport.

The property is comprised of 98 acres. The land features beautiful views of the mountains. There are large paddocks with four board fencing. The gardens feature very large boxwoods and perennial beds and arbors with special attention to the views. Enter the main drive through a stone entrance with a curving drive up to this fine example of a Greek Revival Country House. Ashleigh faces north, is set on a hill with a magnificent westward vista to the mountains. Boxwood highlight the yard.

The 5 bedroom Greek Revival manor house, C. 1840, is built of brick covered with stucco painted yellow. The one-story three-bay gable-end main block is flanked by a one-story two-bay wing to the east and the west. There is an octagonal brick addition that was added on the east side in 2001. This exquisite wing is of brick with a cupola and a metal roof. The house is set into the slope of the hill so that the basement becomes a full story under the main block and the west wing on the south side.

A one-bay Greek Doric portico, with four columns and two pilasters and with a shallow pediment, is at the level of the main floor. Wooden steps ascend to the porch. A castiron balcony surrounds the porch and is also found under each of the long windows on the south side of the main level. An interior-end chimney is found at either end of the main block. Each wing has a center chimney.

The doorway at the entrance has architrave trim and crossets. A rectangular four-pane transom, three-pane sidelights and symmetrically molded trim with corner blocks frame the six-paneled door. Architrave trim surrounds the windows. Wooden double hung windows retain the original six-over-six sash. Two triple-hung large windows are in the south wall of the living room. French windows open on the ground level of the south side. The low gable roof has a pedimented end with a simple molded raking board and cornice. The gable roofs on the wings have a similar cornice and short returns.

A long entrance hall stretches across the north end of the main block. The living room south of the entrance hall occupies the rest of the main block and was at one time divided into two rooms. The first floor of the wings is three steps lower than that of the main block. A hall runs north-south in each of the wings and two rooms open to one side off each hall. The brick addition is off the hall of the east wing. The kitchen and boiler room are under the west wing. The main block has a plan similar to the first floor, although retaining the two rooms. The lower level east wing is partially unexcavated; the remainder incorporates storage space.

A two-run stair descends to the lower level in the northeast corner of the west wing. Most of the plastered walls are covered with wallpaper. Plaster ceilings are painted. Doorways have a wide architrave trim, crossets and a second architrave trim around the opening. The soffits are paneled. The doors have two narrow vertical panels. A wide baseboard is topped by a series of moldings in most of the rooms. The lower level southeast room is pine-paneled with a full cornice. Pilasters frame the French doors leading to the terrace.

In the living room, the fireplaces at each end of the room have a molded surround, crossets, bolection molding, band of egg and dart trim and a wide shelf. The unchanged fireplaces in the wings and on the lower level have simple pilasters and a pentagonal frieze. The mantel in the northwest room of the west wing is a later addition taken from an early Valley house and features a central sunburst, a blossom motif and fluted pilasters. The mantel in the pine room matches the paneling and features fluted pilasters and a bolection molding.

During the renovation, pine paneling removed from the White House during the Hoover Administration was installed in Ashleigh’s lower southeast room.

The main block features a long hall, a living room with two fireplaces and a wet bar. The first floor of the wings offers 2 bedrooms, both with fireplaces, 2 full baths, the octagonal office, elevator, powder room, master-suite with full bath and dressing room with fireplace. The lower level of the wings has a bedroom with bath, small guest kitchen, entrance to garage, wine cellar, safe, long hallway, old pine paneled library with fireplace, dining room with fireplace. French doors from the library and dining room open to the stone terrace with special water feature. Also on this level is a half bath, modern well equipped kitchen, maid’s room and bath, breakfast room, mud room, laundry, mechanical room and lovely entrance with tiled walls from the garden area.

The house is heated with oil and gas. There is a generator and an alarm system.

Dependencies: Pool House featuring 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, large open room, dining area and very modern kitchen. There are glass doors leading to the heated pool, the porches and terraces and the gardens. There is an attached half bath with shower. Alarm System.

Manager’s House - Clapboarded and stone with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, kitchen, living room and office.

Courtyard Stable – with 10 boxstalls, tack room. Apartment connected to the stable: One bedroom, kitchen, bath, living room. Office connected to the stable.

Stable – Board and Batten, 4 stalls, hay loft, machine bay, tack and feed rooms.

Stable – 3 stalls and tack room.

Large Machine shed with storage.

Run-in Sheds.

Listing Broker: Gloria B. Armfield
(540) 687-6395

Offered at $3,800,000