A 1,000-Acre Estate Comes To Market For $34 Million

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When Donald Brennan, the former head of Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, saw this Middleburg, Va estate for the first time it had already been the site of a battle that preluded the Battle of Gettysburg back in the 1860s. In the early 1900s it would become home to John Hay "Jock" Whitney, a descendent of the esteemed Whitney family, and about eighty years after that would be where Roy Ash, credited with creating the Environmental Protection Agency and Office of Management and Budget as well as the mastermind behind the successful rise of the defense contractor Litton Industries, lived for over a decade. Donald Brennan purchased the property in 2006 for $22 million and after an estimated $10 million in upgrades to the main house, many outbuildings, land and equestrian facilities he has just listed the property for $34 million.

Called “Llangollen”, the home is one of the largest private residences on the National Register of Historic Places, according to listing information, and the ownership of the original plot of land for the property dates all the way back to 1795. Of the 1,100 acres that comprise the entire estate, about 400 of those acres are forest on the Blue Ridge Mountains. The main house is over 12,500 square feet, with a total of 24 rooms including nine bedrooms and eight full bathrooms. This overhead view shows the length of the house, dwarfed only by the horseshoe-shaped equestrian facility in the foreground.

The property is designed for equestrian-centered activity with facilities that can house nearly 100 horses, four polo fields, a show arena and an elaborate watering system that distributes fresh water to 120 distribution points over hundreds of acres.

The main house still has the same look inside as when it was owned by Whitney in the early 1900s, including old brick fireplaces which date to the home’s early years. But discreet modern upgrades make it a livable property.

Here’s the updated kitchen.

This room that can be used as an office shows how the different the latest refurbishments have stayed true to the antebellum era the house lived through.

The formal dining room shows more of the one-of-a-kind wall treatments throughout the house.

Additionally, there are six miles of roads on the estate, four miles of stacked stone fencing and eleven buildings with separate living quarters. More information can be found on the Engel &amp; Voelkers listing page.

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When Donald Brennan, the former head of Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, saw this Middleburg, Va estate for the first time it had already been the site of a battle that preluded the Battle of Gettysburg back in the 1860s. In the early 1900s it would become home to John Hay “Jock” Whitney, a descendent of the esteemed Whitney family, and about eighty years after that would be where Roy Ash, credited with creating the Environmental Protection Agency and Office of Management and Budget as well as the mastermind behind the successful rise of the defense contractor Litton Industries, lived for over a decade. Donald Brennan purchased the property in 2006 for $22 million and after an estimated $10 million in upgrades to the main house, many outbuildings, land and equestrian facilities he has just listed the property for $34 million.

Called “Llangollen”, the home is one of the largest private residences on the National Register of Historic Places, according to listing information, and the ownership of the original plot of land for the property dates all the way back to 1795. Of the 1,100 acres that comprise the entire estate, about 400 of those acres are forest on the Blue Ridge Mountains. The main house is over 12,500 square feet, with a total of 24 rooms including nine bedrooms and eight full bathrooms. This overhead view shows the length of the house, dwarfed only by the horseshoe-shaped equestrian facility in the foreground.

The property is designed for equestrian-centered activity with facilities that can house nearly 100 horses, four polo fields, a show arena and an elaborate watering system that distributes fresh water to 120 distribution points over hundreds of acres.

The main house still has the same look inside as when it was owned by Whitney in the early 1900s, including old brick fireplaces which date to the home’s early years. But discreet modern upgrades make it a livable property.

Here’s the updated kitchen.

This room that can be used as an office shows how the different the latest refurbishments have stayed true to the antebellum era the house lived through.

The formal dining room shows more of the one-of-a-kind wall treatments throughout the house.

Additionally, there are six miles of roads on the estate, four miles of stacked stone fencing and eleven buildings with separate living quarters. More information can be found on the Engel & Voelkers listing page.