Bewdley (St. Stephens Church, Virginia)

Bewdley
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	South of St. Stephens Church on the Mattaponi River
Coordinates	37°45′09″N77°03′54″W / 37.75250°N 77.06500°W / 37.75250; -77.06500
Area	52 acres (21 ha)
Built	c. 1760 (1760)
NRHP reference No.	78003024 [1]
VLR No.	049-0004
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 16, 1978
Designated VLR	July 18, 1978 [2]

Bewdley is a historic plantation house located near St. Stephens Church, King and Queen County, Virginia. It was built in the third quarter of the 18th century, and is a large two-story, L-shaped brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof with a 20th-century modillion cornice. The front facade features an early 19th-century pedimented dwarf portico supported on four Tuscan order columns. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (February 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bewdley" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo