Agecroft Hall and Virginia House

So while my stay here in Virginia I saw something in a brochure about this museum called Agecroft Hall. It’s a house, well a manor, built in the 1600’s during the Tudor period and ended up going on auction during the early 1900s where a rich guy in Virginia decided to buy the house and have it shipped to Virginia. He lived in the house for 1 year before he died. His widow remarried and continued to live the house and when they got to old to live in the house they made it a museum. I was only able to take pictures outside the house, but the museum put furniture that was created in the 1600’s and the tour was mostly of how people lived during the Medieval times.

Before the tour I roamed the gardens which sadly were not all that impressive. There were lots of dead leaves and a few spider webs across the path which was creepy and then I kept hearing noises in the bushes which creeped me out even more. It only turned out to be squirrels, but they were mean and angry looking squirrels haha.

Although the gardens were not that impressive during my visit, I am sure it was because of the season. I bet in the springtime this place is gorgeous. I saw pictures with perennial flowers that usually bloom in spring. There are three gardens, the main garden, the sunken garden and the herb garden. The ladies of the manors during the 1600’s were taught to grow herbs and how to make perfumes, liquor and medicine from these herbs.

Main Garden:                                Sunken Garden:                                                      Herb Garden:                                                                    

So there is house right next to Agecroft Hall called the Virginia House. The Virginia House is similar to Agecroft hall because it was built in England and Shipped to Virginia, but I don’t know anything more then that. However, after my tour of Agecroft Hall the group was told that even though the museum was closed due to lack of funding that we could still wander the gardens. While I enjoyed Agecroft Hall, the Virginia House is more to my taste. I think it is beautiful. Here are few of the pictures there are more on facebook.