easement ensures the land will be permanently protected from residential and commercial development. Architecture Bacon's Castle is a rare example of American Jacobean architecture and the only surviving "high-style" house from the 17th century. It is one of only three surviving Jacobean great houses west of the Atlantic—the other two are in Barbados. They are Drax Hall Estate and the Great House at St. Nicholas Abbey Plantation. Notable architectural features include the triple-stacked chimneys, shaped Flemish gables, and carved compass roses decorating the cross beams in many of the public rooms. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. Between the mid to late-nineteenth century, Bacon's Castle underwent several modifications. An original one story service wing was replaced by a taller Greek Revival wing. Around this time, the entrance was moved from the center of the main block to the hyphen between the original house and addition, and diamond-pane casement windows were exchanged for double-hung sash windows. Moving the door left a scar in the location of the original pedimented surround. All of these changes were maintained in the restoration. See also Old Brick Church (Bacon's Castle, Virginia) List of the oldest buildings in Virginia List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia National Register of Historic Places listings in Surry County, Virginia Notes References External links Bacon's Castle webpage on the Preservation Virginia website Bacon's Castle Facebook webpage National Park Service, a brief history of Bacon's Castle Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, VA: 46 photos, 3 color transparencies, 22 measured drawings, 8 data pages, and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1665 Historic house museums in Virginia Museums in Surry County, Virginia James River plantations National Historic Landmarks in Virginia Jacobean architecture in Virginia Greek Revival houses in Virginia Houses in Surry County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Surry County, Virginia Plantation houses in Virginia 1665 establishments in Virginia