William Scott Farmstead, also known as the Roberts House and Ennis Pond House, is a historic home located near

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Isle of Wight County, Virginia Isle of Wight County is a county located in the Hampton Roads region of the U.S. state of Virginia. It was named after the Isle of Wight, England, south of the Solent, from where many of its early colonists had come. As of the 2020 census, ...

. The house was built about 1775, and is a two-story, five bay, gable roofed brick dwelling. It has a rear frame addition dated to the mid- to late-19th century. The front facade features a pedimented one bay porch supported by

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columns. The interior retains much of its early

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interior woodwork. Also on the property are the contributing servants' quarters,

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, barn, and corn crib. an
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in 1991.

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