" And we're Shirley plantation one of the most special spots anywhere in Virginia Shirley plantation dates back to about 1613. And it's been in the same family Carter family ever since then the chance generation is in residence today. They run it as a house museums are apt to see if you people running around the grounds but let's get together with Charles Carter. And -- place. Bob welcome -- thank you great to be here. That's else does first before we go and a little bit about the history of -- well this is our current home. We were here from the early sixteen hundreds and elsewhere and are from the location. But this place was built. About million acres that knows and respects with king Carter king cars on this place. And this place was built for a -- parity. Support those rhetoric about fifty years later so of course this architecturally whose style is -- Georgian man's. And you can look at the symmetry of the placement of the windows you can look at the Flemish bond -- you can look at the beautiful roof with. Almost dormer in the pineapple on top but. The key thing is this river facade with a wonderful double portico it was -- route 1770s. And the a modest about it a little bit -- in thirties and about 1400 books and -- the tenth to 1400 bucks if you. Here's the tenth generation occupies a place test generation and we start our tour. Replica and to try to through here. Thanks. Charles this is a beautiful room not tell me a little bit about that the paneling in here. -- paneling. Was published in the house about 77 it. They got some money and they upgraded. This is -- room in the house you can see the -- Here we have an egg and Norton anti -- life and this is an oak leaf and -- This is original. Furniture we have this Peter's got chair made Williamsburg about 1740. And that's the Carter family. Mister -- the dog and part of family coat of arms. It's beautiful chair and then write off this parlor is the dining room yes and lots of children. Most this over it dates to about 178780s. Some very interesting -- isn't here wanna say 1716. So -- train Britannia standard. Let's over goal was for race force master and Charles -- raised portion of these they gave him -- from the bowl when water out of this survived the civil war. Most of us was put down a well in the garden. And just about the war -- war. And out of the most important room in the house like this from this period would have been the hall. Right this is the main entrance. And the staircase is I'm needs. This is conservatively perhaps the most outstanding architectural feature house. Breathless report no visible means of support it's a flying staircase right results also -- where it. How how does that work out of it make it well and and if you look at -- being this section like just the country. Well one of the encapsulated so here's there's two flat iron. Straps that run from -- law that allows it flip -- so it's actually an early example of steel structure. Right if you put this on a computer today he'd never be allowed to do this witness building uses -- wooden block but here it is couple centuries later. Where these tables original to house these tables are all about seventy and 87 heavily. And they were used to the kitchen separate from the main house sleeping through it and but the hot -- now please tables and that marble topped that way in which are which are the -- exactly. Well it's it's an extraordinary privilege to visit you here and I know that the public is welcome you around except on Christmas Day well because when it."