Elizabeth Reynolds House, c1777

Nicholson Street, Colonial Williamsburg

Finnie House, Williamsburg

Garden layout: then and now

Bracken Tenement Garden, Colonial Williamsburg
Cedar edging, pea gravel paths



Pavillion II garden, University of Virginia, Albemarle County
brick edging and gravel paths

Herb garden, Barboursville Winery, Orange County
stained, pressure-treated 4x4 lumber, slate and mulch paths

Modern Palladian?

Bird Bottles

These clay birdhouses are authentic reproductions of 18th century bird bottles known to have been owned and used by Tidewater’s colonial residents. These "martin pots" can be hooked under eaves or hung on a tree or post and encourage insect-eating birds to nest nearby.

Carrsbrook, Charlottesville, VA - 1791

The Rowe, Charles City, VA - 1779-1808?

18th century pattern books - William Halfpenny

Halfpenny, William, d. 1755 / Useful architecture / being the last work in this kind of William Halfpenny, architect and carpenter, in twenty-five new designs, with full and clear instructions, in every particular, for erecting parsonage-houses, farm-houses, and inns, with their respective offices, &c. of various dimensions. . .(1760)

Plate 6. The plan and elevation of a farm house and offices., pp. Pl. 6-22 ff.

http://decorativearts.library.wisc.edu/

Battersea, Petersburg, VA - 1768

Branch Grove, Enfield, NC - c. 1820-1830

Samuel Warren Branch House ("Branch Grove"), Enfield, NC (c. 1820-1830)

Branch Grove, North Carolina, is one of perhaps several dozen remaining examples of what architectural historians refer to as "Piedmont Palladian" houses, tripartite pedimented dwellings inspired by mid-18th century pattern books and built for the most part in Virginia and North Carolina.

Loosely defined, the tripartite pedimented house is a three-part composition: a pedimented, two-story center pavilion, flanked by matching one-story wings. Its most famous example in Virginia is the Semple House in Williamsburg, often (if inconclusively) attributed to Thomas Jefferson.

These small homes are remarkable for their subtle monumentality and sophistication and speak eloquently of the nobility and dignity inherent in a well-scaled home of any size.