Effingham Manor Winery

Unclaimed

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Place Category: WineriesPlace Tags: Wine

Founded as part of a Land Grant from King George 1st, Effingham Manor was first settled by William Alexander of the powerful Alexander family of Effingham House in England. By 1767, the farm was operating and the Manor House was built.
Quoting William Green, a decendent of the Alexander family:
“The pride of Effingham was in its numerous outbuildings laid out in an elaborate plan. There were no less than 23 buildings, barns, stables, coach house, weaver’s house, tannery, blacksmith’s forge, greenhouse, smokehouse, ice house, and estate office. The kitchen was in a separate building connected to the main house by an arcade somewhat in the manner of Mt. Vernon. The school was conducted in the attic of the main house, there had been markings on the paneling to indicate that.”