Eltham Manor is a historic estate located near Bassett,

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. It was built in 1936 by William McKinley Bassett, and is a

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brick dwelling. The manor is named for the Burwell Bassett family home, "Eltham Plantation", in Eltham, Virginia, that burned in 1879. It consists of a -story, five-bay, central section flanked by two-story wings, connected by cured hyphens to a two-story garage and servant's quarters at the north end and a one-story open-air pavilion at the south end. The front facade features a

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portico with smooth two-story columns. Also on the property are a contributing barn (c. 1936) and lake (c. 1936). an
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in 1999.

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