Prestwould

{{short description|Historic house in Virginia, United States}}

{{About||the place in England|Prestwold}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Prestwould

| nrhp_type = nhl

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = November 5, 1968{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| designated_other1_number = 058-0045

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Prestwould.jpg

| caption = Prestwould, June 2009

| location = N of Clarksville, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|36|38|59|N|78|33|51|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = building

| mapframe-zoom = 12

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Prestwould

| area = {{convert|46|acre}}

| built = 1795

| architect =

| architecture =

| designated_nrhp_type = July 31, 2003{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=22252655&ResourceType=Building|title=Prestwould|accessdate=2025-06-14|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606154403/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=22252655&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2011-06-06|url-status=dead}}

| added = October 1, 1969{{NRISref|2007a}}

| refnum = 69000260

}}

Prestwould is a historic house near Clarksville in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The most intact and best documented plantation surviving in Southside Virginia was built for Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th Baronet Skipwith, who moved his family from his Elm Hill Plantation to Prestwould in 1797. It has been operated by the Prestwould Foundation as a historic site since 1963, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and declared a National Historic Landmark in 2003.{{citation |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prestwould |url=https://wordpress-851339-3533967.cloudwaysapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/058-0045_Prestwould_2001_Nomination_NHL.pdf|date=September 1, 2001 |author=Hudgins, Carter L., Edward Chappell, and John H. Sprinkle Jr.|publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=69000260|title=Accompanying 17 photos, exterior and interior, from 2001 and 2002|photos=y}} {{small|(32 KB)}}{{Citation|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Prestwould|url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/058-0045_Prestwould_1969_Final_NRHP_Nomination.pdf |date=April 28, 1969 |author=Staff, Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, James W. Moody Jr., Director|publisher=National Park Service}} It is located on the north side of the Roanoke River, {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} inland, approximately {{convert|6|mi|km}} southwest of the intersection of Route 15 and Route 701, and approximately one mile north of Clarksville's town limits. Now a museum property, it is open for tours from April to October, or by appointment.