Land's End, Historic house in Hertford, North Carolina
Land's End, also known as Leigh House, is a two-story Greek Revival brick dwelling near Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It measures five bays by four bays, with brickwork laid in Flemish bond, a gable roof, and full-height porticoes at front and rear carried on unfluted Doric columns.
Land's End, also known as Leigh House, was built about 1830 as a two-story Greek Revival brick dwelling near Hertford. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and the Historic American Buildings Survey documented it as No. NC-18.
The house is also known as Leigh House, a name that distinguishes it from the Land's End in Cornwall and ties it to the family associated with the plantation. Its Flemish-bond brickwork, laid in a pattern of alternating headers and stretchers, is a visible craft detail a visitor can pick out on the facade.
The house stands near Hertford in Perquimans County, off the road toward the Perquimans River. It is a private dwelling, not a site open to visitors, so it is seen from the public road; the brickwork and the two porticoes are best viewed in low morning or evening light.
The house appears in the Historic American Buildings Survey as No. NC-18, documented with one photograph and two data pages. Its brick walls are laid in Flemish bond, an alternating pattern of headers and stretchers that a visitor can trace across the facade.
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