Agecroft Hall – A Glimpse Into The Past

The house is a museum.  The house is amazing.  The house was built in England.

Wait, what?

Agecroft Hall, Tudor mansion, home to lush gardens, site of the Richmond Shakespeare Festival, and stunning stick-out-like-a-sore-thumb-but-in-a-good-way neighbor to the stately but more understated homes in Windsor Farms, was actually the 15^th century homestead of the Langley and Dauntesey families.  Of England.

So how did the house get here?  Thomas C. Williams, Jr., a Richmond resident, bought the estate at auction in 1925.  Instead of moving into his new home, he decided to bring this new home to him and had the house taken apart, put into crates, and shipped across the Atlantic to arrive in Richmond.  He then had it put back together in what is known now as the Windsor Farms neighborhood.  Windsor Farms is, incidentally, one of the oldest planned Richmond suburban communities.  It was designed in 1926, so it might be possible that the neighborhood was designed around Agecroft Hall.

The gardens deserve a post all to themselves, as does The Richmond Shakespeare Festival, so for now we’ll just concentrate on the house and museum itself.

From ceiling (intricately designed plaster), to floor (15^th century hardwood), the late-Tudor style house is packed full of period details and antiques.  The Great Hall features original wood paneling that is illuminated by a 25-foot long mullioned window, while the rest of the house features beautiful leaded-glass windows.

As for furnishings, the home features a lantern clock that only tells time on the hour.  A portrait of William Dauntesey hangs on the wall just as it did in 1566.  The sleeping chambers are furnished with painted wood bed frames that date back to the 17^th century.  Agecroft Hall is not to be missed for the Richmond adventurer who wants to see elegant, true examples of a rich English past.

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Engraved slate paver art installation at the Civil War Museum.

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A water wheel at the Tregedor Iron Works at the Civil War Museum.

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