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Adam Thoroughgood House

Address: 1636 Parish Rd., Virginia Beach, VA, 23455 | Map It
Phone: 757/460-7588
www.vbgov.com/dept/arts/

Category: Houses/Mansions
Location: Virginia Beach

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Inland from the shore is the early 18th-century Adam Thoroughgood House, named for the prosperous plantation owner who held a land grant of 5,350 acres here in the early 1600s. This 45-by-22-foot brick house, probably constructed by a Thoroughgood grandson, recalls the English cottage architecture of the period, with a protruding chimney and a steeply pitched roof. The four-room early plantation home has a 17th-century garden with characteristic hedges. To get there, take I-264 Exit 17 (Independence Blvd.) 4 mi, turn right on Pleasure House Road, and right on Thoroughgood Drive.

Cost: $5
Open: Tues.-Sat. 9-5, Sun. 11-5

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