As motorists roller-coaster past cattle farms and vineyards on Route 231, north of Charlottesville, they may pass the
bright red roof of the barn at Sleepy Hollow Farm. This two-story brick house, begun in the 18th century, is surrounded by fields grazed by Black Angus and Tarentais cattle.
Sleepy Hollow is homey, eminently suited to families with children: There are rabbits in the hedgerows, and a spring-fed pond that attracts ducks and is good for fishing and swimming. The main house has three rooms, and one two-bedroom suite. The Chestnut Wood Cottage—formerly two small houses but now connected—has a fireplace, a kitchen, a deck, and a whirlpooL It can be rented as one unit or two. Sleepy Hollow’s owner, Beverley Allison, came to the house as a bride, raised a family, was a news pro-ducer, served as an Episcopal missionary in Central America, then returned to open her comfortable bed-and-breakfast and tend its lush gardens. Thus, she has stories to tell, if you can persuade her; ask for the one about a ghost who frequented one of the guest rooms.
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