Virginia Hunt Country Landmark
By Drew Beard / The Land Report
Cherished for centuries, Llangollen evokes a storied past and heralds an even brighter future.
Donald Brennan looks out across an expanse of gently rolling farm and fields. “The view from the front door of this house is just awesome,” he tells me, still genuinely amazing with a landscape he’s had the privilege to observe for nearly two decades.
The retired chairman of Morgan Stanley Capital Partners is right to be impressed. Nestled at the base of a Blue Ridge Mountains foothill, Llangollen’s manor house has unencumbered views across much of Virginia’s finest hunt country.
He points out the mile-long, tree-lined driveway and recalls the first time he set eyes on the property in 2006. “I was about halfway up to the house. I thought to myself this place has to be preserved, and I want to be its steward,” he remembers. “That was without me even going into the main house, which is impressive, but it’s only an element in a very large mosaic.”