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For Sale: Go inside $4.75 million mansion on the James River

Posted at 9:17 AM, Jun 03, 2014
and last updated 2014-06-04 20:03:58-04
1234 Rothesay Circle. (PHOTO:Jami Carlton Photography)

1234 Rothesay Circle. (PHOTO: Jami Carlton Photography)

RICHMOND, Va. – As the story goes, Rothesay – a nearly 10,000-square-foot riverfront mansion near Carytown — was built to appease an unhappy wife.

News archives say that in 1911, Winifred Duffy Hayden married Jonathan Bryan, brother of newspaper publisher John Steward Bryan.

The sunroom at Rothesay.  (PHOTO: Jami Carlton Photography)

The sunroom at Rothesay. (PHOTO: Jami Carlton Photography )

Anne Anderson, one of the manor’s current residents, said Rothesay began as a place for the newlyweds to settle.

“Mr. Bryan had a house built for his wife and she didn’t like it,” she said. “So he had this built.”

A view of the James River from Rothesay.  (PHOTO:Jami Carlton Photography)

A view of the James River from Rothesay. (PHOTO: Jami Carlton Photography )

The mansion at 1234 Rothesay Circle is now on the market for $4.75 million and is currently one of the highest-priced residential listing in the Richmond area.

Click here to read more about Rothesay on RichmondBizSense.com.