Readbourne

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

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Readbourne

| nrhp_type =

| image = Readbourne.jpg

| caption = Front of the house

| location = Land's End Road, Centreville, Maryland

| coordinates = {{coord|39|7|38|N|76|5|26|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Maryland#USA

| built = {{Start date|1791}}

| builder = Hollyday, James, I; Hollyday, James, III

| architecture = Georgian

| added = April 11, 1973

| area = {{convert|212|acre}}

| refnum = 73002134{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Readbourne is a historic home on the Chester River located at Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. It is a five-part Georgian brick house: the center block was built in the early 1730s; the south wing in 1791; and the north wing in 1948. The central part of the house is the most significant, being a T-shaped, two-story brick building with a hip roof, measuring {{Convert|60|ft}} by {{Convert|23|ft|6|in}}. All of the brick walls are laid in Flemish bond.{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-155.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Readbourne|date=November 1972|accessdate=2016-03-01 |author=Michael Bourne|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was built by James Hollyday, a prominent politician for the Province of Maryland. It was once owned by William Fahnestock Jr. of the New York banking family.

READBOURNE, CENTREVILLE, QUEEN ANNE COUNTY, MD.jpg|Readbourne in 2016