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12428 Walnut Hill Drive, 
Rockville, VA 23146

$4,500,000


5

Beds


8

Baths


8,044

Sq Ft


Single Family

Sold

Listed by

Meg Grymes

Bought with Shaheen Ruth Martin & Fonville

The Steele Group

804-282-3136

MLS#

2609641

Source:

RV

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About This Home

12428 Walnut Hill Drive

Certain estates exist in a category entirely their own — where heritage, craftsmanship, and landscape converge so completely that the result feels inevitable rather than assembled. Walnut Hill Farm is such a place. The hand-crafted brick Georgian manor rises from forty acres of rolling Hanover County countryside with the unhurried confidence of something built to last centuries. It does not ask for your attention. It commands it. The Greek Revival-influenced manor — completed in 1954 by celebrated Richmond philanthropists Harwood and Louise Cochrane and comprehensively renovated by the current owners — delivers more than 6,500 square feet of living space with irreplaceable architectural character. The home is grand in its formal rooms and gracious in its informal ones, with bedrooms of impressive proportion each offering its own en suite bath. Heart pine floors, ten-foot ceilings, and an extraordinary collection of reclaimed woodwork, mantels, reeded pilasters, fanlights, and carved millwork from the storied Long Branch Estate (c. 1816) create an interior with a patina that is impossible to duplicate today. Centuries-old towering oaks, extensive mature landscaping, formal walled and topiary gardens, a one-acre pond, and 700 feet of South Anna River frontage set a scene of timeless Virginia grandeur. The estate’s offerings are equally compelling: a brand new showstopping chef’s-grade kitchen and breakfast room, a primary suite wing of exceptional breadth and scale, a top-of-the-line equestrian barn and fenced pastures (completed in 2023), a guest cottage ideal for multigenerational living, a conditioned art studio, an idyllic saltwater pool, and a stunning outdoor living pavilion with a pergola, kitchen, and cobblestone fireplace — to name but a few. Approximately fifteen minutes to Short Pump and twenty minutes to western Richmond, Walnut Hill Farm offers the rarest of combinations: genuine country grandeur with effortless suburban access.

Home Facts

Single Family

8 Baths

5 Bedrooms

Built in 1954

Subdivision & Development:

Walnut Hill

Price Summary

4,250,000

$528 per Sq. Ft.

MLS #:

2609641

Sold:

May 19, 2026


Rooms & Interior

Bedrooms

Total Bedrooms:

5

Bathrooms

Total Bathrooms:

8

Full Bathrooms:

5

Interior

Living Area:

8,044 Sq. Ft.


Structure

Structure

Architectural Style:

Colonial

Building Area:

8,044 Sq. Ft.

Year Built:

1954


Lot

Lot Size (Sq. Ft):

1,742,400


Finances & Disclosures

Finances

Price:

$4,250,000

Price per Sq. Ft:

$528 per Sq. Ft.

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