

Lightwood Forest
Circa 1760
A Virginia Woodland Preserve



Bedrooms and Bathrooms

Lightwood House can sleep up to ten guests in five bedrooms. Four are upstairs and include two large bedrooms, each with a queen-sized bed; one smaller bedroom, with a double bed; and one attic room, with two single beds. The attic room adjoins one of the queen bedrooms and can serve as a family suite. In order to get to the upstairs bathroom from the attic room, one needs to go through the queen bedroom. Another very small bedroom with a double bed is located downstairs. The bed is against the wall, so it can be awkward for the "inside" person to get out over the "outside" person at night.
Lightwood also offers two large bathrooms: one upstairs with a tub/shower arrangement, and one downstairs with a six-foot jetted tub and separate walk-in marble shower with built-in bench. There is only one closet and one wardrobe in the house, but each bedroom has a chest of drawers. Stairs are steep but have strong hand railings in the event that a guest might have difficulty climbing stairs.
The rest of the house is spacious, with a large entrance hall, large dining room and comfortable living room. Both front and back yards are fenced in, and over a hundred acres of woods, streams and meadows complete the outdoor scene.
"This estate will forever stand out as a sublime destination."
“Lightwood is as close to heaven on earth as you can get.”
“Lightwood is a total enchantment.”

Bedroom and Bathroom Photos


Blue Bedroom With Queen-Sized Bed


Blue Bedroom Window Corner





Yellow Bedroom With Queen-Sized 1805 Sheraton Bed
Yellow Bedroom



Attic Bedroom With Two Twin Beds. Adjoins Yellow Bedroom


Small Upstairs Bedroom With Double/Full Bed




Small Downstairs Bedroom With 1810 Sheraton Double Bed


Downstairs English Country House-Style Bathroom. Includes Separate Walk-In Shower With Built-In Bench, And Six-Foot Jetted Tub

Large Upstairs Bathroom

Other Room Photos





Entrance Hall

Dining Room

A Winter's Tale

I'm a Secret Staircase. Can you find me?

Living Room





Kitchen With Open Beamed Ceiling,Secret Balcony and Fireplace




Kitchen Corner


Lady Jane, Duchess of Gordon. Our Newest Resident, circa 1768

Almost Supper Time

Time To Sit By The Fire With A Jane Austen Novel


1760s Mahogany Corner in Blue Bedroom





“It was such a treat to come ‘home’ to Lightwood’s treasured history and architectural splendor.”

The General's Reflection

Dining Room on a Winter's Day. The Clock Ticking Since 1710, and the Carved Greate Chair Seating Guests by the Fire Since 1620.

Seventeenth-Century Corner, with Greate Chairs for His Lordship and Her Ladyship, Circa 1620.


Gorgeous Downstairs Bathroom


Beautiful and comfortable Living Room






The Duchess of Gordon in all her finery
