Woodstown House is a country house in the townland of Woodtown Lower in eastern

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. 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 Robert Shapland Crew (1752–1829) was an Irish politician.Jupp, P. J. (1986). "CAREW, Robert Shapland I (1752-1829), of Castleborough, co. Wexford." In Thorne, R. J. (ed.). ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820.'' Woodbridg ...

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 Baron Carew is a title that has been created three times. The first creation was in the Peerage of England in 1605. The first recipient, Sir George Carew (1555–1629), was later made Earl of Totnes in 1626. Both titles became extinct on his de ...

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 an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination i ...

, and her children.

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Entry on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
{{Historic Irish houses , state=collapsed County Waterford Historic Houses in County Waterford