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Balwearie | |
Balwearie, July 2012 | |
| Location | West of Winnsboro on South Carolina Highway 34, near Winnsboro, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°26′55″N 81°14′28″W / 34.44861°N 81.24101°W |
| Area | 2.2 acres (0.89 ha) |
| Built | c. 1822, 1886 |
| MPS | Fairfield County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000593[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 6, 1984 |
Balwearie is a historic plantation house located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It is a 1+1⁄2-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.[2][3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]