Balwearie is a historic

plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and e ...

located near Winnsboro,

Fairfield County, South Carolina Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,948. Its county seat is Winnsboro. Fairfield County is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. History 18t ...

. It is a -story, brick and frame residence with a gabled roof and cross-gabled front porch. The first story is of brick construction; half-story is sheathed in weatherboard. The front gable is supported by six paneled wooden posts. The house was constructed about 1822, but altered following an 1886 storm. A rear porch was converted into a kitchen in 1975. It was added to the

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in 1984.

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Plantation houses in South Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Houses completed in 1886 Houses in Fairfield County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, South Carolina {{FairfieldCountySC-NRHP-stub