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Woodstown House
Woodstown House is a country house in the townland of Woodtown Lower in eastern County Waterford, Ireland. The current house was built in the Regency-style in 1823 but may incorporate the fabric of an earlier house dating to the 1720s. The house was built by Robert Shapland Carew to designs attributable to George Richard Pain (1793 - 1838). It is a detached three-bay two-storey house, with three-bay two-storey side elevations, and seven-bay two-storey service return wing to north-west on a U-shaped plan. Robert was elevated to the peerage as Baron Carew in 1834 and Woodstown House became his seat. At the time of the Irish Tourist Association survey in 1945, the house was owned by the Hearne family but was unoccupied. It was subsequently let to visitors who included, in 1967, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodstown House - Geograph
Woodstown ( ga, Baile na Coille, IPA: ˆbË alʲəˈnË aˈkÉ›l̪ʲə is home to a historic settlement measuring 1.5 km by 0.5 km, located on the southern bank of the River Suir, about 5.5 km west of Waterford City in the southeast of Ireland. This site should not be confused with Woodstown beach which is on the western side of Waterford Harbour near the fishing port of Dunmore East. Discovery The National Roads Authority had planned to build a road over the site which showed no evidence of a historical monument. Investigation ditch and gulley across the road route led to the discovery of the site. In 2005 the site was declared a national monument and the motorway bypassed the site. The NRA, who have no responsibility for the site in the future, published reports, based on excavations in April and August 2003. These suggest that the site found at Woodstown was a defended, riverside settlement with evidence of industrial activity, most likely dating from the peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
