Maidstone Manor Farm

{{short description|Historic house in West Virginia, United States}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP | name = Maidstone Manor Farm | nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes | image = MAIDSTONE MANOR FARM, HEDGESVILLE, BERKELEY COUNTY, WV.jpg | caption = | location = County Route 1/4, near Hedgesville, West Virginia | coordinates = {{coord|39|35|14|N|77|54|32|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = West Virginia#USA | built = 1848 | architect = Leigh, William | architecture = | added = December 10, 1980 | area = {{convert|267|acre}} | mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000958|title=Berkeley County MRA}} | refnum = 80004408 <ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref> }} '''Maidstone Manor Farm''', also known as William R. Leigh House, is a national historic district located near Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It encompasses a historic farm with three contributing buildings and one contributing site, the site of a slave cabin. The plantation house is a two-story, square brick dwelling with a slate covered pyramidal roof. It is three bays wide and two bays deep and features a one bay entrance portico supported by paired Doric order columns. Also on the property are a barn and brick smokehouse. It was the birthplace of noted artist William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955), father of William Colston Leigh, Sr. (1901-1992).<ref name="dhr">{{cite web|url=https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Maidstone-manor-farm.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Maidstone Manor Farm|accessdate=2011-06-02 |author=Don C. Wood|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation}}</ref>

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.<ref name="nris"/>

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Category:Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Category:Historic districts in Berkeley County, West Virginia Category:Houses completed in 1848 Category:Houses in Berkeley County, West Virginia Category:Plantation houses in West Virginia Category:Plantations in West Virginia Category:National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West Virginia Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Category:Slave cabins and quarters in the United States