Hunstanton

National Register Listing

Street Address:

U.S. 321, Winnsboro, SC (Fairfield County)

Alternate Name:

Sweet Briar

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817720016

Description and Narrative:

(Sweet Briar) Hunstanton is a significant example of an antebellum Fairfield County planter’s residence on a raised basement. The house features Greek Revival elements including pilasters, entablature, pediment, and proportions. Hunstanton, which appears to have been built ca. 1850, is a one-and-one-half story, weatherboarded frame residence on a raised brick basement. The house is rectangular in plan with a rear ell. The roof is end-gabled and there are two interior chimneys. The gable ends are pedimented. The façade features a pedimented porch with paneled wooden pillars connected by a plain balustrade. The porch, which rest on brick piers, shelters the three central bays of the five-bay façade. The section of the façade under the porch is sheathed in flushboard. The central bay contains a double-door entrance with sidelights and transom. Curved granite steps lead from the ground to each side of the porch. An addition on the center of the rear of the house appears to have been an early expansion. Listed in the National Register December 6, 1984.

Period of Significance:

circa 1850

Level of Significance:

State

Area of Significance:

Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

December 6 1984

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