Roswell, Georgia, is 22 miles north of Atlanta, a thriving community of 90,000 people with a historical district of antebellum homes that compares to Natchez, St. Francisville, Charleston and the Great River Road from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. One of the must-see mansions is Barrington Hall, an 1842 Greek Revival-style plantation home that was the residence of Barrington King, who along with his father Roswell King was the founder of the town in northern Fulton County. Located at 535 Barrington Drive, at the highest point in Roswell, in historic Roswell Square, it has been ranked as one of the 50 Most Beautiful Homes in Metro Atlanta by Atlanta magazine. Fully restored and furnished with many period and original family pieces, including paintings, ceilings, horse-hair plaster walls, heart-of-pine floors and moldings, the house is open for tours from 10 to 3 Monday through Saturday and 1 to 3 on Sunday. The surrounding seven acres of grounds feature the only antebellum public garden in the Atlanta area. Barrington Hill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Lovely place. Would highly recommend.

The city of Roswell has 3 preserved antebellum houses open for public tours. We stopped by all 3 one Saturday afternoon in February. All are located within a 1/2-mile radius, and 2 are literally within about 200 yards of each other. Our second stop was at Barrington Hall. It is located across Hwy 120 from Bulloch Hall, a bit closer to Roswell Road. They have a small parking lot out front. Like the others, there is no fee here.We again wandered up to the house's front facade (which faces away from the parking lot towards Hwy 120) entered via the front door. The docent on duty was again friendly and just asked for our zip code and how we'd heard about the venue. You are then free to wander the house via whatever route you like. Most rooms have a sign with a 4-digit code. You call a phone number (the same one used at the other 2 houses) and enter successive codes as you proceed. For each code, there is an accompanying description of the room's historical context and of its furnishings. These mansions all seemed to follow the same basic floorplan - a central linear hallway with 2 or 3 rooms off each side and a staircase at the end. This house was a bit smaller than Bulloch Hall, but had slightly more furnishings. This home also had more of a formal garden in the back. If you only had time to tour one house of the 3, I'd still begin with Bulloch Hall. However, this place was nice to visit if you have another 30 - 45 minutes.

1 Guinness, 1 bottle of Pinot,soft drink.....£38.85I said.f f fff fancy that.wasnt offered an alternative to the wine which was £30.00,so put up with it ,till I actually saw a drinks menu,amd there were ore wines at a better tariff, I'm not tight, but this is a total piss take,!!!

Beautiful old home that has been well maintained. It was neat to see that the majority of the furniture and items were either from the original family or descendants of the family. The docent was very friendly and knowledgeable about the home. Enjoyed hearing stories and the background of the family. Takes about an hour by the time you do the first floor tour and look upstairs.