FAIR OAKS

Culpeper, Virginia

LOCATION: Fair Oaks is located about 7 Miles from Warrenton on the Springs Road at the intersection of Myers Mill Road just past the Fauquier Springs Country Club and over the Rappahannock River in Culpeper County. Fair Oaks has about 2 miles of road frontage.

PROPERTY: Fair Oaks is comprised of 493 acres of rolling open fields and woodland. The farm has about 350 acres of open land which has been fenced and cross fenced for cattle. The soils are deep and fertile with several crop fields currently used for hay production. The land is ideally suited for a largescale vineyard operation. The 150 acres of woods are laced with trails for walking and horseback riding. Currently the farm is leased to a well established local farmer who maintains all of the land outside the house site. The rent is more than enough to cover the property taxes and incidental expenses.. The land is protected by an open space easement which the previous owner had granted to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. There are two recently constructed ponds and the farm is traversed by Beaver Dam Creek for 4,300’which could support a 35+ acre lake.

RESIDENCE: Sited on about 5 acres in the middle of the farm in a grove of huge white oak trees, the Georgian influenced Federal period main residence (ca 1838) is two story wood frame with a “T” floor plan. With two entrance halls, guests may enter from the boxwood lined front walk over the flagstone entrance or by the convenient “drive up” side entrance. The feel is elegant with high ceilings, large windows and wide heart of pine floors. The front hallway leads to a formal living room and study and the side entrance hall leads to the formal dining room which is off of the large country kitchen. Each of the main rooms has a brick or stone fireplace and there is a native stone fireplace in the kitchen. There is a one half bath on the main level and a full bath upstairs which serves the three bedrooms on that level. The kitchen and baths are fully functional but not updated. The heat is oil-hot water baseboard and the appliances are electric.

ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS: Fair Oaks has a complete set of farm buildings including a cattle barn, stable and mechanic’s shop. In the yard is an old ice house and a caretaker’s quarters. There is a restorable tenant house over the hill and a modern rental house on Springs Road provides an additional regular monthly income.

Fair Oaks offers a unique opportunity to purchase an historic Virginia estate with such a large acreage.

Located in the heart of fox hunting country, Fair Oaks is ideal for a large scale livestock, grape or horse operation.