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Illustration 4. — Cross st-ction of plas- 

 ter cornice molding from Structure 

 B. Same size. (LSNM 59.1829.) 



iiung, woodcn-sash windows, such as Georgian houses 

 still feature. In support of this inference is the 

 complete lack of archeological evidence of leaded- 

 glass windows. 



The cellarless areas of the foundation may have 

 provided the footings for ciiimncys. These probably 

 stood several feet from tiie ends, perhaps serving 

 clusters of four corner fireplaces each, for each floor. 

 One may surmise that there was a hip roof, with a 

 chimney rising throuijh each hip. .X |x)rch at the 

 north end had a rectangular brick base 4 by 6 feet, 

 surrounded i)y a flagstone area 16 feet wide and 

 H feel 5 inches in extent fiom tiie itou.sc. This evi- 

 dence, however, difTcrs from the figures given in the 

 insurance plan which shows a "Porch 8 by fi feet." 



The mansion embodied some characteristics whicli 

 are traditional in Virginia house design and others 

 which are without parallel. The elongated plan indi- 

 cated by the foundation was more frequentlv encount- 

 ered in N'irginia dwellings of the late 17th and 

 early 18th centuries than in the "hiijh Georgian" 

 mansions of the 174l»s and 1730"s. Tvnkey I.sland. 

 for example, built in Henrico (k)unt>' in the 17th 

 century, was 103 feet lo.»g, 5 feet le.w thin Marl- 

 borough.'" The additions to Governor Berkeley's 



"•IIkSBV C:ilANDLr.E FORMAS, I'hf Arcllilf(lv>f of ihf 014 



Sou/A (C.iinbridgc: II.ir\ard University Prc«. I'MH). pp. 74-7.V 



(ireen .Spring T . buill dnrmg the l.ilr I7ih 



century, consi.<iti ; informal »crics of r.^- 



room in depth for the ino«i part. Watcrni. 

 opinion that (irren .Spring n 



grown cottage without the ■• 



sion." '*" The excavations > l'J54 bv 



Caywood ha\e altered tir 



what, but, with its IJtJ;..: ...,;... ', - 



remains an earlv example of the rioneaird pi 



Aside from Ik 

 from the ubiquii. . ., 



•So indigenous is this vernacular form (hat 

 found in houses of eonsi<l' 

 18lh century. .Such .ire ' 

 Gloucester Goimty, Gun.sion Hall 

 Ghiswcll Plantation, known as ' .N 

 Hanover. Robert Brverli\ nuliij t 

 fondness for this style, < 

 many i. 

 would 

 nation as delightful as it is absiinl 



That tlv- 

 formal is c 



century addition to Fairfield (Carter's Creek P: 

 tion) in Glouct'^ter C«iuUy. which bi' 

 This dwellini; had a full hip roof, \\ 

 light the attic rooms, and a high ■■ 

 cl.i ■ , . . . . 



wl, 



the hip.'*-' Gunston Hall, on the other hand, rr\ 



to the i{able-end form. .A!'" 



cottai;e. it is richly adoi i 



tnral detail. Completed in I7.5H, only c: 



alt<-r M.ull.. ' ■ ■ ' " 



Geoive M.i 



related to Marlliorough than an>' other e\ 



hiiiise.'** 



Of all the one-storv \'in;ini.i hoii<»-< that ' 

 tu our attention, only .\l. 

 \eranda. To l)e sure, thru .m -.. 

 with full-lenifth \erandas, the r, 



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t:.i 



II, 



(Balliiiwrr: MaryUnd lilatoi 



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