Historic Shirley - Historical place museum in Charles City - 501 Shirley Plantation Rd, USA

Went here to celebrate my Uncle's 70th birthday 🎂. This Winery was absolutely worth the trip. Very nice, elegant, and spacious. Had a great time. Got to meet new family members and see family I haven't seen in a while. The food and service was phenomenal. Looking forward to stopping by again. One of the most beautiful Winery's 🍷 I've visited.

An impressive plantation on the river. Many outbuildings to view. Purchase tickets at the gift shop. $11 to walk the grounds and over $20 to tour the house ground floor. The family still lives in the house so the upstairs is closed off. The gardens were disappointing as they were overgrown. It would be nice if a community group would volunteer to help preserve the gardens as they were probably very nice at some time in the past. There are two magnificent old trees behind the house. The tour guide says they are over 450 years old. There is approximately a 2 mile drive from the main highway.

Shirley is on your honor payment and you are free to walk around the grounds. They could really up their game with an audio app tour and gift shop. Looks like a working farm, lots bales of cotton. Super nice winery and event Center.

Wonderful, our tour guide very informative. If no one at gift shop she is doing a tour of home. Check the times.

We decided to come on a whim the Saturday before Father's day. We were pleasantly surprised that admission to the grounds were free that particular day. The house itself was spectacular and we enjoyed.the grounds and gardens. They had an amazing 350 year old willow oak behind the house near the river. The was a very informative time-line of the history of the site found in the ice house building.

It was much more difficult to obtain a tour at this time of year. (Dec) than I anticipated. Thankfully, we were able to rearrange schedules to get to see something I've read about for years. (decades, I'm a history buff, & moved to NoVA in '83) Dec 13, 10:30 am was ONLY option. There is one candlelight tour on Dec 15 @ 4pm. Tour guide was the owner, that works; she seemed a bit rushed though, and left very shortly after, leaving us to wander the grounds & dependencies. I didn't see any gardens. Maybe in the spring....? I will not be here come spring, & targeted Dec for Christmas decor. It's the first I've seen cotton plants in decorations, but makes perfect sense, and it works!

Beautiful historic home! The interior has been beautifully maintained over the generations, with tons of antiques original to the house. The portraits of the family members are beautiful. The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Very impressed!!!!

Great example of a colonial plantation! This was our first stop of the day, and I appreciated the great signage they had up explaining all of the outbuildings, and I believe they have some sort of audio tour around the property, but we skipped that in favor of going on the house tour. You can only visit the downstairs, but seeing that the family still lives in the house, I really appreciate the fact that they are willing to share any part of their home with the public at all. The tour was very informative and I loved our guide! I will have to come back and visit the vineyard next time I’m in the area.