Burgh Westra

Burgh Westra is a historic home located near Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia. Built between 1842-1851, the estate's original design is a two and a half story brick dwelling in the Gothic Revival style. In addition to the main house, the property contains an original dairy, a rebuilt carriage house, and a guest cottage. The extended property contains the original farm managers house and working fields along the estate's nearly 2-mile long lane. Burgh Westra's floor plan is based upon Design III in Cottage Residences, by Andrew Jackson Downing. The name "Burgh Westra" comes from the Scottish phrase for "Village of the West", to symbolizing the cottage's location on the North River, Virginia.
Burgh Westra's builder was Warner Throckmorton Taliaferro of Belleville Plantation on the North River for his son, Dr. Philip Taliaferro. Dr. Taliaferro discussed potential designs and a desire to built the estate on the eventual land tract while studying medicine in Scotland...