North Wales (Warrenton, Virginia)

North Wales
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	7500 Ironwood Ln., Warrenton, Virginia
Coordinates	38°40′36″N 77°49′21″W
Area	1,287.9 acres (521.2 ha)
Built	1776
Architect	Little & Browne; et al.
Architectural style	Georgian, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	99000726[1]
VLR No.	030-0093
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 29, 1999
Designated VLR	March 17, 1999[2]

North Wales is a historic plantation^[3] and national historic district located in Fauquier County, Virginia near Warrenton, Virginia. Currently it is a 1,287.9-acre (521.2 ha) historic district that includes a manor home and farm. A date of significance for the site is 1776. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1] William Allason, merchant, of Falmouth, Virginia, established North Wales as a plantation and built the original Georgian-style stone house on the property sometime during the 1776–1796 period. It remained a working plantation and farm for six generations of descendents of Allason and his wife Anne Hooe.

North Wales, Service building, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1935.

The listed area includes work by Little & Browne and other architects and/or builders. It includes Georgian and Colonial Revival architecture in 38 contributing buildings, eight contributing sites and contributing structures.^[1]

The estate on 1,471 acres was sold to former Goldman Sachs partner David B. Ford September 30, 2014 for $21 Million.^[4] Ford has acquired other historic properties including the noted record-breaking purchase of Newport, RI Gilded Age mansion Miramar by architect Horace Trumbauer, for $17.15 million in 2006.^[5]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Cheryl H. Shepherd (December 21, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: North Wales" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved February 19, 2011. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated
4. "1,471-acre North Wales sells to financier for $21 million". Fauquier Now. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
5. "Newport `Cottage,' 27 Bedrooms, Needs Work, Sells at Record". bloomberg.com. Retrieved June 25, 2015.

External links

• North Wales sales brochure^[usurped]