What remains are the four chimneys, the east wall with its regal compasshead window complete with carved keystone, the wine cellar, and enough of the walls that one may sense the proportion and scale of this unique structure. The fourth and last family to own Rosewell donated the ruins site to the Gloucester Historical Society in 1979. Since 1995, the Rosewell Foundation has taken on the mission of preserving, studying, and presenting this historic ruin. Convenient to Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown, the site is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Winter hours are subject to change. The Rosewell Visitor Center has an exhibit hall, a gift shop, and an archaeology lab.
Docents are on duty for tours.
Persons with special needs can see the site from a golf cart. Picnic tables and open spaces invite families to spend the day together in the beauty of rural Gloucester County and in the shadow of the 18th century. Group tours should be arranged in advance through The Rosewell Foundation , Post Office Box 1456, Gloucester, VA 23061. Continue about 1.5 miles. Go .3 miles and bear left onto the unpaved Old Rosewell Lane.