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The Masons came from [[Gunstone]] in [[South Staffordshire]] and like many others in that area supported the Crown during the [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms|1642-1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms]]. After Royalist defeat at [[Battle of Worcester|Worcester]] in 1651, Philip Mason I emigrated to [[Virginia]], along with his cousin Gerard Fowke, whose family home was Gunstone Hall and which gave its name to George Mason's building.<ref>{{cite web |last1=La Raia |first1=Jackie |title=George Mason's Gunston Hall |url=http://gunstonhallblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/origins-of-name-gunston-hall.html |website=Gunston Hall Blog (Virginia) |date=12 September 2013 |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref> One of his distant relatives was [[Thomas Fowke|Lieutenant General Thomas Fowke (1690-1765)]], who fought at the [[Battle of Prestonpans]] during the [[Jacobite rising of 1745|1745 Jacobite Rising]].

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060508031132/http://gunstonhall.org/architecture/roomuse/heating.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-05-08}}</ref> Around 1986, a "shallow subsurface perimeter drainage system" was built about {{convert|4|ft|m|spell=in}} away from the foundation walls, due to an excess ground moisture. This significantly reduced standing water in the basement.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Park |first=Sharon C. |year=1996 |title=Diagnosing Moisture in Historic Buildings |journal=Cultural Resource Management: Technology |volume=19 |issue=7 |pages=1, 4 |url=http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/19-7/19-7-2.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=2006-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222043001/http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/19-7/19-7-2.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2013}} Also see .</ref>

* {{cite journal |last=Park |first=Sharon C. |year=1996 |title=Diagnosing Moisture in Historic Buildings |journal=Cultural Resource Management: Technology |volume=19 |issue=7 |pages=1–4 |url=http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/19-7/19-7-2.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=2006-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222043001/http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/19-7/19-7-2.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2013 }} Also see.