Llangollen Farm is an historic American horse and cattle farm located in western Loudoun County, Virginia on Trappe Rd. near Upperville at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains . Eight miles (13 km) from the town of Middleburg , the area is home to a number of prominent Thoroughbred -breeding farms and a large country estates. The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
15-494: Upperville may refer to: Upperville, Virginia , a city in Virginia The Battle of Upperville , an American Civil War battle Upperville (band) , a band founded by Chris Merritt Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Upperville . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
30-628: Is a Virginia Historic Landmark that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places . Also listed are Blue Ridge Farm , Oakley , and Rose Hill Farm . Situated eight miles to the west of Middleburg and part of Virginia's famous Piedmont horse country, the Upperville/Middleburg area is home to a number of prominent Thoroughbred horse breeding farms and country estates. The Upperville Colt & Horse Show , conceived by Colonel Richard Henry Dulany and first held in 1853, remains
45-459: The 2020 U.S. Census . Llangollen estate Llangollen , which takes its name from the Welsh language and historic small Welsh market town of the same name ( Llan meaning "Church; a religious settlement; or an enclosure" and Saint Collen , a 7th-century monk who founded a church beside the river), was originally part of a 10,000-acre (40 km ) land grant on which a two-story manor house
60-670: The Loudoun County line. Founded in the 1790s along Pantherskin Creek, it was originally named Carrstown by first settler Josephus Carr. Through an 1819 act passed by the Virginia General Assembly , the name was changed to Upperville. John Updike wrote of Upperville in his sardonic 1961 poem "Upon Learning That a Town Exists Called Upperville". Upperville has been designated as the Upperville Historic District and
75-447: The 1,100-acre (4.5 km ) property was bought by Roy L. Ash and his wife, Lila. Mr. and Mrs. Ash undertook a major restoration of the house and the barns. They also instituted a large cow-calf operation raising upward of 300 Angus and Angus-cross cows. They earned wide recognition and received major awards for implementing environmental conservation methods that protected the water on the land through hardened low-water crossings and
90-454: The Llangollen estate when John Hay "Jock" Whitney purchased it as a wedding gift for his fiancée, Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Altemus . Involved with show horses from a young age, Liz Whitney spent a great deal of money turning Llangollen into a major breeding and training center for hunt horses as well as for Thoroughbreds for flat racing and steeplechase events. She renovated and expanded
105-477: The National Register of Historic Places. Over the years, others who came to live in the area included heiress Isabel Dodge Sloane , who built the highly successful Brookmeade Stud , Llangollen estate where Liz Whitney Tippett lived for nearly six decades, Bertram and Diana Firestone's Newstead Farm , Sandy Lerner's , and the very prestigious Rokeby Farm of Paul Mellon . It was Mellon who donated
120-545: The VIPolo Club training facility at Llangollen. Three polo fields were created including one polo field designed for public viewing where games were played during the summer. Further improvements to the property and house were made during the Brennans ownership. In 2017 the property was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In September 2019, the 1, 085 acre property was put up for sale for $ 34 million. The sales price
135-406: The creation of acres of riparian buffers that also provided habitat for wildlife . Approaching his ninetieth birthday, in 2007 Roy Ash sold the Llangollen estate for $ 22 million to a corporation controlled by American businessman Donald P. Brennan and his wife, Patricia. Daughter Maureen, bringing the sport of polo to the estate and filling the pastures and fields once again with horses, formed
150-465: The house and barns, was put into permanent protective easement to prevent the estate from ever being broken up and developed. Liz and Jock Whitney divorced in June 1940 but she retained the estate and lived there for almost six decades until her death in 1988. During her latter years, the elderly Liz Whitney allowed the property to become run down. She died in 1988, and the property was sold in 1989. In 1989
165-600: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Upperville&oldid=933227542 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Upperville, Virginia Upperville is a small unincorporated village in Fauquier County , Virginia , United States, along U.S. Route 50 fifty miles from downtown Washington, D.C. and near
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#1732868750609180-412: The manor house and built tack rooms, six barns , including a large horseshoe-shaped barn, a stud barn and broodmare sheds. She had paddocks and a training track built on the property and eight employee and guest cottages. Under the name "Llangollen Farm", Liz Whitney was successfully involved for many years in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing . In 1984 1,085.22 acres of property, including
195-537: The money to build Trinity Episcopal Church in 1960, which is at the center of the small community's social activities. For two days each year more than ten horse farms and centers in Upperville and Middleburg open their gates to visitors. Since 1960, the Hunt Country Stable Tour has raised money for the outreach programs of Trinity Episcopal Church . Upperville first appeared as a census designated place in
210-565: The oldest such event in America. A Dulany family member owned Oakley Farm . It was the site of two battles during the American Civil War . Near Upperville, Californian Henry T. Oxnard built a horse breeding operation in 1903 that he named Blue Ridge Farm . It was bought by Rear Admiral Cary Travers Grayson in 1928, and members of the Grayson family still own the property, which is listed in
225-729: Was built in the late 1770s. Over the years, portions of the Llangollen estate were sold off. In the first part of the 19th century, Congressman Cuthbert Powell owned Llangollen. He died there in 1849. Two of his grandsons died at fighting for the Confederacy at the two battles of Manassas. Another grandson born at Llangollen, Rev. Arthur Gray Sr. (1853-1921) revitalized the Bear Mountain Indian Mission School in Amherst County circa 1908 and died in rural Brunswick County . . By 1930, only 2,200 acres (8.90 km ) remained of
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