Burrland

Built 1879, for Cuthbert Powell Noland (1850-1912) and his wife Rosalie Thompson Haxall (1852-1935). It was a wedding present from Cuthbert's father, Major Burr Powell Noland (1818-1889) who grew up on the historic Glen Ora estate, and it was for him that the Nolands named their new home. It was a favorite meeting place of the Middleburg Hunt. In 1910, the Nolands allowed their enterprising - and somewhat eccentric - daughter, Charlotte (1883-1969), to use their house as a summer camp for horse-loving, society girls. One of those girls was a young Wallis Simpson (1896-1986) who would later become the Duchess of Windsor, having altered the course of British history. The success of the camp was such that "Miss Charlotte" went on to establish the now famous Foxcroft School. The house was grandly remodelled in 1927 when it became the centerpiece of one of the country's foremost thoroughbred racing stables (what is today Hickory Tree Farm) before the house was deliberately gutted and burned....