Allenstown House

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Allenstown House was a large country house in the village of Allenstown between Navan and Kells in County Meath, Ireland .

history

William Waller had the four-story house with five bays built around 1750 in the Georgian style .

The last owner was Vice Admiral Arthur William Craig , who took the family name "Craig-Waller" when he inherited the property from a distant relative in 1920. In the late 1930s, the Irish Land Commission bought the property and country house. The land was divided up and the parcels were sold individually. The house, although of architectural and historical importance, was demolished in 1938 despite some resistance.

Individual evidence

  1. Neighbors further away . In: The Irish Bomfords 1617 to the Present . Retrieved March 27, 2019.

Coordinates: 53 ° 40 ′ 40.8 "  N , 6 ° 49 ′ 8.4"  W.