Woodstown House

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Woodstown House

Woodstown House ( Irish Teach Bhaile na Coille ) is a country house in the townland Woodstown Lower ( Baile na Coille Íochtarach ) to the east of the Irish County Waterford .

history

The current house was built in 1823 in the Regency style, but presumably contains wall parts of an earlier house from the 1720s. Robert Shapland Carew had it built according to plans attributed to George Richard Pain (1793–1838).

In 1834 Robert Carew was promoted to Baron Carew and Woodstown House became his family home.

At the time the Irish Tourist Association was surveyed in 1945, the home belonged to the Hearne family but was uninhabited. It was later rented out to visitors, e.g. B. 1967 to Jacqueline Kennedy , widow of US President John F. Kennedy , and her children.

description

It is a free-standing, two-story house with 3 bays with two-story side facades, which also have 3 bays. The wing for the servants is attached to the rear (in the northwest), has seven yokes, is also two-story and has a U-shaped floor plan.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Main Record - County Waterford (Woodstown House, County Waterford) . In: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  2. a b House: Woodstown (Waterford) . In: Landed Estates Database . NUI Galway. Retrieved May 28, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Woodstown House  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 11 ′ 56.4 "  N , 6 ° 59 ′ 13.2"  W.