Murcielago offers two newly renovated, fully furnished, historic manor homes for rent. Each of Mount Pleasant and Mount Ida offer an upscale getaway in a pristine, country farm setting, providing its guests with access to equestrian, farming and sports facilities, miles of trails, rivers and ponds, large pastures and beautiful view sheds, making it possible for guests to enjoy all of the character and benefit of a farm atmosphere for a private country vacation. Both properties are located in Albemarle County just minutes away from Charlottesville, Virginia. The area is live with historic and rural character, creating a unique environment for guests to relax and enjoy with family or friends.

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Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is a brick and clapboard, circa 1830, 4,500 square foot, 5 bedroom, 3 bath colonial home designed by Thomas Jefferson complete with one of only two remaining “Jeffersonian Porches” in the world.

Mount Ida
Mount Ida boasts a beautiful, 10,500 square foot, 8 bedroom, 6 bath home built circa 1795 by William Cannon and enlarged in 1850. Mount Ida was originally located 50 miles from its current site near New Canton in Buckingham County, Virginia. It held the reputation as one of the South’s finest late-Georgian style homes and was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register in 1986 and listed by the U.S. Department of Interior on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. In 1995, with the condition of the house deteriorating, then owner James Murray had the house meticulously disassembled and relocated to its current site of what used to be known as Bell Mount.
The exterior brick work, sashes, jambs, doors, heart pine floors and most door hardware are all original elements from the 1795 home. Also of architectural note is the basement fireplace. Recreated using the original hard wrought iron chimney arch and brick uncovered in the archeological ruins of a 1799 home that once occupied the site, this fireplace can claim to have rested at this location for over two hundred years. Now fully restored, the home continues to be listed on the Virginia Landmark’s Register.