{"nrhp_refnum":"08000071","name":"Redesdale","other_names":["VDHR File No. 043-0719"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8603 River Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Henrico County","state":"VA","lat":37.56826690900007,"lon":-77.5631452985939,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Redesdale is a Georgian Revival brick country house at 8603 River Road in Henrico County, just west of Richmond, Virginia, built in 1925-26 on a nominated area of about 35 acres. It was designed by architect William Lawrence Bottomley and sits with gardens, outbuildings and two antebellum slave quarters.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Redesdale is an important example of the great house genre in twentieth-century Virginia, with a sophisticated Georgian Revival design. It is the work of master architect William Lawrence Bottomley. It also reflects his collaboration with landscape architect Charles F. Gillette, who developed the garden terrace and walled garden.","narrative":"Redesdale is a brick country house overlooking the James River valley in western Henrico County, just outside Richmond. Built in 1925-26 for tobacco executive Leslie H. Reed and his wife Helen, it was designed by society architect William Lawrence Bottomley. The five-part plan joins a hip-roofed main block to hipped wings through gambrel-roofed hyphens, recalling Virginia colonial houses such as Westover and Carter's Grove. Inside, carved mantels, paneling and pedimented door surrounds follow colonial models. Landscape architect Charles F. Gillette shaped the garden terrace and laid out a five-acre walled garden, and the pairing of the two designers is central to the property's importance. The grounds also hold two brick slave quarters from the antebellum farm that preceded the house, one now a garage and the other a residence, along with a tennis court, pool and vegetable garden. The property was listed for its architecture at the statewide level of significance.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850-ca. 1940","architect_builder":"William Lawrence Bottomley (architect); Charles F. Gillette (landscape architect)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival; Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a private single dwelling with gardens, tennis court, pool and other outbuildings; some interior and outbuilding alterations were made in the late twentieth century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.699274-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/25/6812/41681225/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000071.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000071/cf1bfa4137-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000071/cf1bfa4137-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redesdale_estate_entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redesdale_estate_entrance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681225","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redesdale_(Richmond,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7305798"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/henrico-county/redesdale-08000071/"}