Redesdale is one of the great Georgian Revival country houses of early twentieth century Virginia. The imposing brick residence, located above the James River in western Henrico County, was built in 1925-26 for tobacco executive Leslie H. Reed and his wife Helen L. Reed according to a design by renowned society architect William Lawrence Bottomley. Bottomley's five-part concept, composed of a hip-roofed main block connected to hipped wings by gambrel-roofed hyphens, recalls Virginia prototypes like Westover and Carter's Grove. Redesdale's interiors, distinguished by Georgian mantels and overmantels, paneling, and pedimented door surrounds, were also inspired by colonial models. Noted landscape architect Charles F Gillette developed Bottomley's design for a garden terrace behind the house and laid out a large walled garden beyond, making Redesdale a preeminent example of collaboration between these influential practitioners of colonial design. Redesdale's park-like grounds include two brick slave quarters from the antebellum plantation that preceded the twentieth century house. - NRHP, 21 February 2008