Tree Information
Common Name: Chinese chestnut
Scientific Name: Castanea mollissima
Native/Naturalized: Naturalized
Database ID: 1858
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 189 in.
Height: 64 ft.
Crown: 87 ft.
Points: 275
Date Last Measured: 2021
Last Measured by: Bobbie Burton and Nancy Joel
Date First Measured: 2011
Comments: The tree appears healthy and sound; well cared for. The tree had multiple branches from the base of the trunk. The trunk circumference was measured at the narrowest point below where the branches spread and the ground.
From Wikipedia: Blandfield is a historic plantation house located at Caret, Essex County, Virginia. It was built about 1716–1720, and is a brick dwelling consisting of a two-story, central block with flanking two-story dependencies connected by one-story hyphens in the Georgian style. Blandfield was built for William Beverley (1696–1756), son of Virginia's first native-born historian, Robert Beverley, Jr. (c. 1673–1722). The house is one of the largest colonial plantation mansions in Virginia, and as of 1969, was still in the Beverley family. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
The tree was previously measured at 167", 64', 77' and 250 points in 2011 by Byron Carmean, Jean Carmean, Gary Williamson.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Essex
Land Owner: Private
GPS Coordinates: 38.001, -76.95006
Directions: Blandfield Plantation. Take Route 17 north from Tappahannock seven miles to right on Beverly Lane to residence. Tree is inside lawn area on westside of residence. The tree is located to the north (or left) of the home when facing it from the entrance road. There are two Chinese chestnuts in the same general location and of a similar size. The one referenced here is to the North of the other one and is larger.
Contact Information
Contact Name: Sherry Janssen
Contact Email: sherry_j@hotmail.com
Contact Phone: 712-660-1929
Contact Info: Sherry is the Property Manager. Other contacts are listed here: http://www.blandfieldplantation.com/pages/contact.main.html
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean, Jean Carmean, Gary Williamson
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