Brandywine Meadows Farm/ Radley Run Country Club Walking Tour

A walk back in time to the grandeur of a Quaker farm turned Fox-hunting estate in the picturesque Brandywine Valley.

The buildings currently under the stewardship of Radley Run Country Club collectively occupy a unique niche in Chester County’s history. Three of the buildings (the Samuel Painter, Jr. House, the Springhouse/Lye House, and the James Painter House - the original part of the Mansion House) were standing and in use during the Battle of the Brandywine in 1777 and almost certainly witnessed some of the significant events surrounding the battle. Two of the buildings (the Kennelman’s and Huntsman’s Houses) are significant components of the early 20th century transformation of the property from a working dairy farm to a country estate that headquartered one of the county’s most prestigious fox hunts. And while the Forebay Stone Barn (Clubhouse) has undergone many alterations during the last half-century, Charles Mather’s early twentieth century conversion of the barn to a stable for hunting horses still is very much in evidence at the east lower entrance.

Radley Run Country Club’s buildings are steeped in history. Currently, the Club’s real property consists of five primary buildings and one stabilized ruin, each of which has historic value.