. Historic Virginia homes and churches . 64,was succeeded, in his Prestwould estate, by his son Sir Pey-ton Skipwith (1740-1805), Baronet, and he, in turn, by hisson Humberston Skipwith, whose son Fulwar Skipwithwas the last of the name to own Prestwould. This home of the Skipwith family is one of the mostinteresting and imposing places in Virginia. Situated ona very high hill overlooking the river, it commands an ex-tensive view of the valley of the Staunton. The manorhouse was erected in the eighteenth century by the me- 444 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES chanic-seivaiits of the INIaster of Pre
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . 64,was succeeded, in his Prestwould estate, by his son Sir Pey-ton Skipwith (1740-1805), Baronet, and he, in turn, by hisson Humberston Skipwith, whose son Fulwar Skipwithwas the last of the name to own Prestwould. This home of the Skipwith family is one of the mostinteresting and imposing places in Virginia. Situated ona very high hill overlooking the river, it commands an ex-tensive view of the valley of the Staunton. The manorhouse was erected in the eighteenth century by the me- 444 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES chanic-seivaiits of the INIaster of Prestwould, fioin stonequarried on the plantation. The mansion is square and hirge, with porticoesnorth, south and east. The drive to the house is betweenhigh stone walls, now rapidly going to decay; and the mostconspicuous object on the lawn is a giant oak, which issaid to have been a landmark for the Indians going northand south. One enters the house through a portico Avhich opensinto a large hall; on the right of this hall (known as the. PRESTWOILD, .MKCKLKXMURG COUNTY land hall ) is the immense dining-room, whose wall deco-ration is paper covered by life-sized figures of huntsmen inred coats, mounted on gay chargers, with dogs a-plenty andtrees and grass; the hall also is beautified with the samepaper. On the left of this hall is the Chamber of theJMaster and IMistress, and parallel to it the cl;ildrensnvn-sery. From this land hall wide doors lead to the river hall, more spacious and magnificent than the for-mer. This latter is papered with English scenes, ladies onhorses, dogs, bridges, verdure and trees; and to the leftis the formal drawing-room, whose walls are hung withpaper picturing Venetian scenes—gondolas, palaces, etc. PIEDMONT AND THE SOI Til SIDE 445 A beautiful stairway leads from this river hall to theupjjtr hall, on which open six lar^e bed-rooms. Each win-dow in the house has a large seat. In June. 1!)14, mueli of the Skipwith furniture (someof which bad been
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