A Keswick Area Guide

Hunt Country

The local name for the estate and farm country around the villages of Keswick, Cismont, Campbell and Cobham, home of the Keswick Hunt Club since 1896. Fifteen estates sold for $1 million or more in 27 months, at a median of $2.45 million on about 36 acres.

$2,450,000Median Sold · $1M+
36 acMedian Land
83Median Days on Market
93.0%Sale-to-List
15Estates Sold · $1M+
$1M+ SALES, JUNE 2024 – AUGUST 2026 · SOURCE: CAAR MLS VIA TOWN LUX ANALYSIS · UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2026Full Keswick market breakdown →
What homes cost

How much do Hunt Country estates cost?

About $2.45 million. The 15 Hunt Country estates that sold for $1 million or more from June 2024 to August 2026 ranged from $1.24 million to $19 million, per CAAR MLS, and the village matters: the median sale was $8.5 million around Cobham and Castle Hill (5 sales), $2.35 million in Cismont and Campbell (6), and around Keswick village the 3 sales ran from $1.83 million to $4.5 million. One more sold near Stony Point.

Historic estates

Cobham & Castle Hill

The northeast corner of Hunt Country, toward the Louisa County line, which Cobham Park straddles. The three largest sales in the Keswick ZIP were here: $19 million, $8.8 million and $8.5 million, each on several hundred acres.

Cobham Park was built about 1855 for William Cabell Rives Jr. and listed on the National Register in 1974. Castle Hill, near Route 231, was built in 1764 by Dr. Thomas Walker.

Roads: Saint Johns Rd, Turkey Sag Rd, Cobham Park, Old Keswick Farm

Typical land
286 ac
Houses built
1745–2006
$8.5M
Median of 5 sales

Every sale, low to high

Small sample: one sale more or less could move this median by millions.

At the crossroads

Cismont & Campbell

Cismont sits at the crossroads of Route 22 and Route 231, Gordonsville Road, which begins there.

Grace Episcopal Church in Cismont was designed by William Strickland around 1847. It has held the Blessing of the Hounds every Thanksgiving since 1929.

Roads: Gordonsville Rd (Rt 231), Campbell Rd, Stony Point Pass, Longhorn Dr

Typical land
39 ac
Houses built
1850–2024
$2.35M
Median of 6 sales

Every sale, low to high

Six sales: the median is halfway between the two middle ones.

Around the village · not Keswick Estate

Keswick village

Named for Keswick village, a census-designated place of about 2 square miles that gives the whole area its name. The sales here are on streets whose nearest village is Keswick; they may sit outside the census boundary.

The Keswick Hunt Club clubhouse is on Hunt Club Road.

Roads: Louisa Rd (Rt 22), Springdale Dr, Barn Field Dr

Land
21–36 ac
Houses built
1990–2003
$1.83M–$4.5M
Range of 3 sales

Every sale, low to high

Three sales: too few for a median, so every sale is shown.

Streets are grouped with their nearest village using U.S. Census address locations. Villages have no legal borders. Every sale behind each village figure is shown, low to high; with fewer than five sales, a range replaces the median. Bars share one scale up to $10 million; the $19 million sale runs past it and is marked. One $1M+ sale near Stony Point is in the page totals but not in these three groups.

Sources: CAAR MLS via Town Lux, $1M+ sales June 2024 – August 2026 (240 Campbell Rd counted once); Virginia DHR, Cobham Park; Virginia DHR, Castle Hill; Wikipedia, a wiki (Castle Hill's location near Route 231); Virginia DHR, Grace Church; Grace Episcopal Church, Blessing of the Hounds; Cvillepedia, a wiki (Cismont at Routes 22 and 231); Wikipedia, a wiki (Route 231 begins at Route 22); Library of Congress, Keswick Hunt Club, Hunt Club Road; Census Reporter, Keswick CDP.

Two different places

Is Keswick village the same as Keswick Estate?

No. Keswick village is one of Hunt Country's three village areas, the country around Keswick village itself, where the $1M+ homes that sold sat on 21 to 36 acres with septic. Keswick Estate is the gated neighborhood beside Keswick Hall, with its own page. The MLS keeps them apart: from June 2024 to August 2026, every Keswick Estate sale was listed in the Keswick Estate subdivision, and none of Keswick village's $1M+ sales was.

Keswick villagePart of Hunt CountryKeswick EstateBeside Keswick Hall
MLS subdivisionNone listed, or Virginia FarmsKeswick Estate, all 5 sales
Land21 to 36 acres2 to 3.7 acres
SewerPrivate septicPublic or community sewer
Sale prices$1.83M–$4.5M · 3 sales of $1M+$2,485,000 median · 5 sales
StreetsLouisa Rd, Springdale Dr, Barn Field DrClub Dr, Palmer Dr, Fairway Dr

Sources: CAAR MLS via Town Lux, $1M+ sales June 2024 – August 2026 (240 Campbell Rd counted once).

Time to sell

How long do Hunt Country estates take to sell?

Longer than any other Keswick area on this site, and usually below asking. The 15 Hunt Country estates that sold for $1 million or more from June 2024 to August 2026 spent a median of 83 days on the market, from 2 days to 331, and sold at a median of 93% of list price, per CAAR MLS. Glenmore's median was 16 days.

83 daysMedian time on market
7 of 15On the market 140+ days
11 of 15Sold below list · median 93%
Each dot is one $1M+ Hunt Country sale, June 2024 – August 2026

Hover over or tap a dot for that sale's price, days on market and percent of list. Days on market as recorded in the MLS.

Sources: CAAR MLS via Town Lux, $1M+ sales June 2024 – August 2026 (240 Campbell Rd counted once).

Head to Head

How does Hunt Country compare with other Keswick areas?

Pick the other area you're weighing — the table updates with its real sold data.

Hunt Country
Median sold$2,450,000 ($1M+)
Price / sqft$432
Homes sold, Jun 2024 – Aug 202615
Median days on market83
Price range, Jun 2024 – Aug 2026$1.24M – $19M
StatusEstate country, no subdivisions
The short versionLand and history; slower, negotiated sales
June 2024 – August 2026 · Source: CAAR MLS via Town Lux analysis

Where fewer than five homes sold, we show the range instead of a median. Hunt Country figures cover $1M+ estates only; Louisa and Fluvanna are never blended.

Life Here

What's it actually like to live in Hunt Country?

Hunt Country life is land, old houses and county roads. Much of it lies inside the 31,000-acre Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District, the Keswick Hunt Club has ridden here since 1896, and every $1M+ estate that sold from June 2024 to August 2026 was on a private septic system.

Southwest Mountains

The historic district covers about 31,000 acres and was listed on the National Register in 1992.

The Keswick Hunt

Founded in 1896. Its hounds hunt across Albemarle, Louisa, Orange and Madison counties.

Equestrian Keswick →

Real acreage

12 of the 15 estates that sold for $1M+ sat on 20 acres or more.

Land and farms in Keswick →

Old houses

8 of the 15 were built before 1950, the oldest in 1745.

Historic estates in Keswick →

Easements

Albemarle passed 100,000 acres under conservation easement in 2018, only the second Virginia locality to do so, per the Piedmont Environmental Council.

How easements work in Keswick →

Private systems

Every $1M+ country sale was on a private septic system.

Sources: Virginia DHR, Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District; Keswick Hunt Club; Piedmont Environmental Council, Albemarle conservation milestone; CAAR MLS via Town Lux, $1M+ sales June 2024 – August 2026 (240 Campbell Rd counted once).

Schools

What schools serve Hunt Country?

Hunt Country's schools depend on the address. Of the 15 estates that sold for $1M+ from June 2024 to August 2026, 12 listed Stone-Robinson Elementary and 3 listed Stony Point Elementary. ACPS sends Stone-Robinson to Burley or Walton Middle, then Monticello High; Stony Point feeds either Burley and Monticello or Lakeside Middle and Albemarle High; one of the three Stony Point sales listed Lakeside and Albemarle High.

ElementaryStone-Robinson or Stony Point
→
MiddleBurley, Walton or Lakeside
→
HighMonticello or Albemarle High

Elementary zones are assigned by address, not subdivision. Albemarle assigns schools by home address, and a Keswick address can also sit in Louisa or Fluvanna County, which run their own schools. School paths for all three counties →

Sources: Albemarle County Public Schools, attendance and feeder patterns; CAAR MLS via Town Lux, $1M+ sales June 2024 – August 2026 (240 Campbell Rd counted once).

Quick Answers

Hunt Country, answered

Is Hunt Country an official place?
No. Hunt Country is a local name for the estate and farm country around the villages of Keswick, Cismont, Campbell and Cobham. The official designation that overlaps it is the Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District, about 31,000 acres listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
What is the Keswick Hunt Club?
The Keswick Hunt Club is a private foxhunting club founded in 1896, with over 200 members. Its hounds hunt across Albemarle, Louisa, Orange and Madison counties from September to March, and its clubhouse is on Hunt Club Road in Keswick.
Are Hunt Country homes on public sewer?
Not the ones that sold. All 15 Hunt Country estates that sold for $1 million or more from June 2024 to August 2026 were on private septic systems, per CAAR MLS. The MLS doesn't record water source, so ask for well records and a septic inspection before you offer.
How long do Hunt Country estates take to sell?
Longer than any other Keswick area on this site. The 15 Hunt Country estates that sold for $1 million or more from June 2024 to August 2026 spent a median of 83 days on the market and sold at a median of 93% of list price, per CAAR MLS. Glenmore's median was 16 days.

Sources: Virginia DHR, Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District; Keswick Hunt Club; Library of Congress, Keswick Hunt Club, Hunt Club Road; CAAR MLS via Town Lux, $1M+ sales June 2024 – August 2026 (240 Campbell Rd counted once).

Written by Josh Keeton, Town Lux

Sold prices come from CAAR MLS; every other figure names its source and date where it appears. When a number is too thin to trust, the page says so instead of rounding it into a headline.

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