Garden No.
WA0624
Significance
Site of historic interest only
Landscape Elements
Buildings/Artefacts, Landscape Park, Plant Collection
Townland
Woodstock
Present on Ordnance Survey
First Edition: yes, sheet 177
Second Edition: yes
Revised Edition: yes
Modest demesne, original house, pre-1843, now gone, faced east into parkland, with walled garden and outbuildings to west. House now replaced with modern building. Outbuildings, pre-1843, in ruins and walled garden gone. Driveway follows original access to front of house. Substantial trees close to the main building and woodland to north and south remain.
| Principal Building |
Modern box-style country house with farmyard to rear. |
| Plant Collection |
Some substantial oak and sycamore to north and south of house. |
| Outbuilding |
3:Outbuilding to south of house, pre-1843, still in use. |
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4:Range of outbuildings to north-west in ruins. |
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| Walled Garden |
Walled garden, pre-1843, to west of house now gone. |
| Parkland |
Parkland, pre-1843, to east of house, still in place. |
| Woodland |
5:Woodland, pre-1843, to north-east and north-west, samll pocket to south-east. |
| Farmland |
Farmland to west, north and south of house, pre-1843; many fields now merged. |
| Avenue, Drive or Walk |
2:Original access, pre-1843, leads from south-east to house. |
| Gate Lodge or Gateway |
1:Entrance, pre-1906, splayed rubble-stone wall with cast-iron gate and piers. |
John Hackett was leasing this property to Thomas Walsh in 1851 when it was valued at £21. It was included in the sale notice for the Walsh estate in May 1851 where it is noted that "a sum of over £2000 was expended in building the mansion". The house appears to have also been known as Whitechurch House. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of Lt-Col. Charles Hely.
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Site Footprint Visible | Yes |
| Boundary Defined | Yes |
| Significant Development | No |
| Architectural Features | |
|---|---|
| Principal Building | Yes |
| Garden Building | No |
| Buildings of Indeterminate Purpose | No |
| Gateways and Gatehouses | No |
| Avenues, Drives and Walks | |
|---|---|
| Avenue | No |
| Drive or Walk | No |
| Garden Features | |
|---|---|
| Ornamental Garden | No |
| Walled Garden | No |
| Orchard | No |
| Parkland | Yes |
| Woodland | Yes |
| Natural Water Feature | No |
| Artifical Water Features | No |
| Allée | No |
| Vista | No |
| Other | No |
