Basic Information

• Location – Dorchester Creek (a branch of the Ashley River), Summerville, Dorchester County
  

  Original plantation lands were located off SC 165 in the vicinity of Newington Plantation Estates.
  

• Origin of name – Named after the Axtell's family estate in England
  

• Other names – Lady Blake's House

• Current status – Residential subdivision
  

Timeline

• 1680 – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• 1715 – House burned by Indians in Yemassee Indian War
  

• ? – House rebuilt by Landgrave Joseph Blake
  

• 1725 – House destroyed by fire
  

• 1848 – House rebuilt
  

• ? – House destroyed by fire
  

• 1876 – Henry Middleton leased the old grounds and garden to the US Government for an experimental tea farm.
  

• 1970s – The plantation lands were developed into a residential subdivision.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 3,000

• Primary crop – Rice

• There is a large double row of oaks on each side of the avenue leading to the house.
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Daniel Axtell (1680); Lady Rebecca Axtell (1678); Daniel Blake; Elizabeth Blake (1780); Colonel Joseph Blake; Lady Blake (1711); Henry A. Middleton (1837)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves –

Buildings

• House called "house of a hundred windows"

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

• Newington Plantation History
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 4, 45

Contact Information

• Telephone:

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